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US 2007/0185580 A1Published application
Surgical implant
AssigneeInion Ltd.
InventorAndreas Posel
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Abstract
An implant to be inserted in the disk space between a lower vertebra and an upper vertebra. The implant comprises a body having a lower surface and an upper surface, and an aperture extending through the body in the direction of the height of the body from a lower side of the body to an upper side of the body. The body is arranged to reduce its height permanently under the load the body is exposed to between a lower vertebra and an upper vertebra.
Claims19
An implant to be inserted in the disk space between a lower vertebra and an upper vertebra, the implant comprising
- a body, having a lower surface and an upper surface, and
- an aperture extending through the body in the direction of the height of the body from a lower side of the body to an upper side of the body,
- the body reducing its height permanently under the load the body is exposed to between a lower vertebra and an upper vertebra.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.