Spinal implants
AssigneeStryker France
InventorYves Stephane Crozet
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Abstract
A spinal implant includes upper and lower faces arranged in opposition to one another and configured to contact and space apart adjacent vertebral bodies, and first and second lateral sides connecting the upper and lower faces. A maximum distance between the upper and lower faces along the first lateral side is greater than a maximum distance between the upper and lower faces along the second lateral side. The implant also includes proximal and distal end walls connecting the upper and lower faces, a maximum distance between the upper and lower faces along the proximal end wall being greater than a maximum distance between the upper and lower faces along the distal end wall. An anchoring member may also be inserted into the implant.
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A spinal implant comprising:
- upper and lower bone-contacting surfaces arranged in opposition to one another and configured to contact and space apart adjacent vertebral bodies, the upper and lower bone-contacting surfaces defining first, second, third, and fourth distances therebetween;
- proximal and distal end walls and first and second lateral sides connecting the upper and lower bone-contacting surfaces;
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- a first axis extending between the proximal and distal end walls, and a second axis extending transverse to the first axis and between the first and second lateral sides,
- wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance, the second is greater than the third distance, and the third distance is greater than the fourth distance, and wherein a maximum distance between the upper and lower bone-contacting surfaces along the first lateral side is greater than a maximum distance between the upper and lower bone-contacting surfaces along the second lateral side.
A spinal implant comprising:
- upper and lower faces arranged in opposition to one another and being configured to contact and space apart adjacent vertebral bodies;
- first and second lateral sides connecting the upper and lower faces, a maximum distance between the upper and lower faces along the first lateral side being greater than a maximum distance between the upper and lower faces along the second lateral side;
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- proximal and distal end walls connecting the upper and lower faces, a maximum distance between the upper and lower faces along the proximal end wall being greater than a maximum distance between the upper and lower faces along the distal end wall.
A spinal implant comprising:
- upper and lower faces arranged in opposition to one another, the upper and lower faces being configured to contact and space apart adjacent vertebral bodies;
- proximal and distal end walls and first and second lateral sides connecting the upper and lower faces;
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- a first point located adjacent a first junction between the upper face and the proximal end wall, a second point spaced apart from the first point and being located adjacent a second junction between the upper face and the proximal end wall, a third point located adjacent a first junction between the upper face and the distal end wall, and a fourth point spaced apart from the third point and being located adjacent a second junction between the upper face and the distal end wall, wherein a first line connecting the first point to the fourth point has a greater slope than a second line connecting the second point to the third point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.