Osseous anchoring device for a prosthesis
AssigneeLDR Medical
InventorsJean Huppert, Marc Ameil
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an osseous anchoring device intended to maintain a prosthesis or an implant in position, and in particular an anchoring device for an intervertebral prosthesis. The anchoring device for a prosthesis (1), or an implant, is intended to be anchored in a prepared osseous surface (310, 321). It comprises at least one protruding element extending beyond the prosthesis, this protruding element being able to be positioned relative to the prosthesis in a plurality of positions thus making it possible to choose a position adapted to the case to be treated or to the chosen mode of inserting the prosthesis or the anchoring device.
Claims10
An anchoring device for an intervertebral prosthesis adapted to be anchored in the vertebral endplate of at least one vertebra, said device comprising at least one protruding element that is attached to a bearing face of the intervertebral prosthesis, wherein the protruding element is adapted to be positioned in a plurality of angular positions around an axis that is substantially perpendicular to the bearing face of the prosthesis, the plurality of angular positions controlled by a plurality of cooperating structures disposed in the bearing face of the prosthesis in operative relationship to complementary structure(s) on the protruding element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.