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Intervertebral implant, process for widening and instruments for implanting an intervertebral implant

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1996-07-26
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2016-07-26
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Abstract

Abstract A height-adjustable intervertebral implant has an approximately cylindrical hollow body (1, 51) with one or several openings (9, 10, 59, 59', 60, 60'). The hollow body (1, 51) may be widened to a variable extent by adjusting means (18, 19, 65, 66) and has securing elements (24, 25, 69, 70, 71, 72) for securing it to the vertebrae. Also disclosed is a process for widening this intervertebral implant, as well as instruments for carrying out this process.

Inventors

  • 👤 Bernhard Zientek

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction WO
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 12:56
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/30; A61F2/46; A61F2/4603; A61F2/4611; A61B; A61B90/00; A61B90/06; A61F2/44; A61F2/4455; A61F2/4657; A61B17/00; A61B17/28; A61B17/29; A61B17/2909; A61B17/2812; A61B17/2841; A61B2017/2845; A61B2017/2901; A61B2017/2911; A61B2017/2926; A61B2017/2927; A61B2017/2932; A61B2017/2939; A61B2090/061; A61F2/442; A61F2002/30001; A61F2002/30108; A61F2002/3011; A61F2002/30112; A61F2002/30131; A61F2002/30138; A61F2002/30143; A61F2002/30153; A61F2002/30316; A61F2002/30329; A61F2002/30331; A61F2002/30362; A61F2002/3037; A61F2002/30405; A61F2002/30476; A61F2002/30507; A61F2002/30518; A61F2002/30535; A61F2002/30565; A61F2002/30571; A61F2002/30579; A61F2002/30593; A61F2002/30594; A61F2/30767; A61F2/30771; A61F2002/30772; A61F2002/30774; A61F2002/30777; A61F2002/30841; A61F2002/30845; A61F2002/4619; A61F2002/4622; A61F2002/4625; A61F2002/4627; A61F2002/4658; A61F2002/4681; A61F2220/00; A61F2220/0025; A61F2220/0033; A61F2230/00; A61F2230/0002; A61F2230/0004; A61F2230/0013; A61F2230/0017; A61F2230/0019; A61F2310/00; A61F2310/00005; A61F2310/00011; A61F2310/00023; A61F2310/00161

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