Surgical implant
AssigneePrivelop-Spine AG
InventorHenning Kloss
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a surgical implant for the fusion of two adjacent vertebrae with an upper plane for contacting an upper vertebral body and a lower plane for contacting a lower vertebral body and a tubular structure, wherein the tubular structure is formed by a plurality of tubes running from the upper plane to the lower plane and in substantially horizontal direction throughout one side of the surgical implant straight to the opposite side of the surgical implant. This tubular structure has the advantage that the formation and ingrowth of new bone is promoted and advantaged and that the degree of formation and ingrowth of new bone is detectable by X-ray measurements.
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A surgical implant with an upper plane for contacting an upper vertebral body and a lower plane for contacting a lower vertebral body and a tubular structure, wherein the tubular structure is formed by a plurality of tubes running from the upper plane to the lower plane and in substantially horizontal direction throughout one side of the surgical implant straight to the opposite side of the surgical implant and the tubes of the tubular structure are parallel to each other or the tubes of the tubular structure are grouped into groups of parallel tubes.
A surgical implant with an upper plane for contacting an upper vertebral body and a lower plane for contacting a lower vertebral body, at least one cavity in the center of the implant and a boundary layer around the cavity with a tubular structure, wherein the tubular structure is formed by a plurality of tubes running from the upper plane to the lower plane and in horizontal direction or in substantially horizontal direction throughout one side of the surgical implant straight to the opposite side of the surgical implant and the tubes of the tubular structure are parallel to each other or the tubes of the tubular structure are grouped into groups of parallel tubes.
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