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US 7,018,413 B2Granted
Modular system for spinal column fusion
AssigneeTutogen Medical GmbH
InventorManfred Krüger
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Abstract
The invention relates to a spinal implant consisting of a bone material body which is embodied in a curved manner in its longitudinal direction and is provided with coupling means.
Claims14
A modular system for interbody fusion to the spinal column comprising:
- at least one spinal implant having a body, the body having a height and a longitudinal extent, the body being made from bone material and having a curved form in the direction of the body longitudinal extent,
- wherein a first coupling has a first projection extending from one end of the body and is integrally formed with the body, and a first recess formed in the body at the one end of the body;
- and
- a plurality of extension parts, each of the plurality of extension parts having a second coupling that is engageable to the first coupling and that includes a second projection extending therefrom and a second recess formed therein, with the plurality of extension parts differing in a characteristic selected from the group consisting of:
- length, curvature, and a combination thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.