Intervertebral implant
AssigneeDePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
InventorsChristian Stampfli, Mario Wyss
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Abstract
An intervertebral implant is disclosed. The implant can be made of Titanium or alloys thereof. A kit of intervertebral implants can be included having different lordotic profiles or having no lordotic profile. The intervertebral implants of the kit have endplates with thicknesses suitable to prevent the titanium endplates from being too stiff. The intervertebral implants can have apertures that extend through the endplates, but sufficient surface area at the outer surfaces of the endplates to avoid subsidence into the respective vertebral body.
Claims20
A kit of intervertebral implants each configured to be inserted into an intervertebral space, each intervertebral implant of the kit comprising:
- a leading end and a trailing end, arranged such that the leading end is spaced from the trailing end in an insertion direction into the intervertebral space;
- an anterior side wall and a posterior side wall each extending between the leading end and the trailing end, wherein the anterior and posterior side walls are opposite each other along a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the insertion direction;
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- upper and lower endplates each made of Titanium or an alloy thereof and spaced from each other along a transverse direction that is perpendicular to each of the insertion direction and the lateral direction, the endplates defining respective outer surfaces that are configured to abut respective superior and inferior vertebral bodies when the implant is disposed in the intervertebral space,
- wherein the anterior side wall of a first intervertebral implant of the kit has a height greater than that of the posterior side wall along the transverse direction, such that the upper and lower endplates of the first intervertebral implant define a first angle with respect to each other as they extend along the lateral direction,
- wherein the anterior side wall of a second intervertebral implant of the kit has a height greater than that of the posterior side wall along the transverse direction, such that the upper and lower endplates of the second intervertebral implant define a second angle with respect to each other as they extend along the lateral direction that is greater than the first angle, and
- wherein 1) the upper and lower endplates of the first intervertebral implant define respective inner surfaces that face each other, 2) the upper and lower endplates of the first intervertebral implant have respective thicknesses, 3) the upper and lower endplates of the second intervertebral implant define respective inner surfaces that face each other, 4) the upper and lower endplates of the second intervertebral implant have respective thicknesses, 5) the respective thickness of the upper endplate of the second intervertebral implant is equal to the respective thickness of the upper endplate of the first intervertebral implant, and 6) the respective thickness of the lower endplate of the second intervertebral implant is equal to the respective thickness of the lower endplate of the first intervertebral implant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.