Vertebral implant
AssigneeUlrich GmbH & Co.KG
InventorTobias WINKLER
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Abstract
A vertebral implant has a body extending along a body axis, having a pair of ends, and adapted to be fitted with its ends axially juxtaposed with respective confronting vertebral faces. An inner ring can pivot on one of the ends of the body about a first axis extending transversely of the body axis through the body, and an outer ring can pivot on the inner ring about a second axis extending nonparallel to the first axis transversely of the body axis through the inner ring and body. The outer ring has an end face adapted to engage the respective vertebral face.
Claims13
A vertebral implant comprising:
- a body extending along a body axis, having a pair of ends, and adapted to be fitted with its ends axially juxtaposed with respective confronting vertebral faces;
- an inner ring pivotal on one of the ends of the body about a first axis extending transversely of the body axis through the body;
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- an outer ring pivotal on the inner ring about a second axis extending nonparallel to the first axis transversely of the body axis through the inner ring and body, the outer ring having an end face adapted to engage the respective vertebral face.
The vertebral implant defined in claim 13 wherein the intersection lies on the body axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.