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US 2011/0218629 A1Published application
Spinal stabilization device
OwnerLawrence J. Binder, Stewart Eidelsoninventors
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Abstract
A spinal implant device in accordance with the present disclosure is made of a material suitable for human implantation and has a main body having a substantially square periphery. In addition, the spinal implant device has a tapered leading tip on a distal end of the spinal implant device and contiguous with the main body for insertion into a intervertebral space between two vertebral bodies.
Claims25
A spinal implant device made of a material suitable for human implantation, comprising:
- a main body having a substantially polygonal cross section, wherein the main body comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, and opposing side surfaces;
- a tapered leading tip on a distal end of the spinal implant device and contiguous with the main body for insertion into a intervertebral space between two vertebral bodies.
A spinal instrument made of a material suitable for surgical use, comprising:
- a substantially parallelepiped tubular body comprising a proximal end, a distal end, and four internal sides that are substantially polygonal in cross section for receiving a spinal implant main body that is substantially polygonal in cross section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.