Synthes Usa, LLC

Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.

Niro-plan Ag

Adrian Burri

Daniel Baumgartner

Martin Wymann

Mario Gago Ho

Claude Mathieu

Heinz Vetterli

Mariano Turi

Jochen Ganz

Stefan Stahl

Andreas Kaiser

Corinne Keiser

Mathieu Claude

An intervertebral implant having an upper and a lower closing plate designed to engage the vertebral end plates. The implant has a deformable body between the closing plates. Between the deformable body and closing plates are cover plates. A plurality of fiber windings run between the cover plates to hold together the cover plates and the deformable body.

Intervertebral implant

A device for foaming a liquid foodstuff, especially milk, is provided including a pump () that has, on the suction side, a feed line () that can be connected in a fluid-conducting way to a storage container for the liquid foodstuff. An air feed line () by which air can be fed to the foodstuff is arranged in a path of flow of the liquid foodstuff on the suction side of the pump () and, a throttle () is arranged in the path of flow of the foodstuff on the downstream side of the pump (). The air feed line () includes an air valve () that can be controlled by a control unit () and the air valve () is an intermittent air valve () having at least one state with high air flow and one state with comparatively lower air flow and/or with no air flow can be specified selectively by the control unit (), and the control unit () and air valve () are constructed to interact such that the average air flow of the air valve can be controlled through repeated switching between the at least two states of the air valve.

Device and method for foaming a liquid foodstuff, especially milk

A device for foaming liquid foods in a container, particularly milk, is provided having a vapor generator for generating vapors, particularly steam, and a vapor lance to be at least partially inserted into the container, with the vapor lance being connected to the vapor generator in a fluid-guiding fashion and including at least one vapor outlet opening such that steam can be discharged from the vapor generator via the vapor lance out of the vapor outlet opening. The device further includes at least one motion element which is connected to the vapor lance and/or a holder for the container such that the vapor lance and the container are movable relative to each other via the motion element.

Device for foaming liquid foods in a container

An intervertebral implant including a central axis, a bottom cover plate and a top cover plate, which are respectively provided with an exterior surface that extends transversal to the central axis, and a central part.

An implant, in particular an intervertebral implant, comprising (A) two articulating parts () having each a central axis (), each a curved slide surface () intersecting the central axes (), and each an axially outermost end () that can be connected to a bone, where (B) the slide surfaces () are curved and displaceable one on the other, where (D) the second articulating part () is rotatable about two mutually skewed axes of rotation () relative to the first articulating part ().

Implant comprising a two-piece joint

The invention relates to an anchor piece for fixing an intervertebral implant () to the end plate of a vertebra body (), comprising A) an anchor piece (), with a central axis () and two end faces () transverse to the central axis (), B) at least two spikes () extending from one of the end faces (), parallel to the central axis () and which may be pushed into an end plate of a vertebral body (), whereby B) the anchor piece () has a cavity () extending through the anchor piece () in the direction of the central axis () and C) the anchor piece () comprises fixing means (), by means of which the anchor piece may be detachably locked to an intervertebral implant ().

Intervertebral implant with moveable endcaps

An intervertebral implant including: a central axis, upper and lower terminal parts and a convex joint element. Each of the terminal parts come to rest against the end surfaces of two adjacent vertebras and opposite first and second concave inner surfaces, respectively. The convex joint element is situated between the terminal parts and rests in a sliding manner against the first and second concave inner surfaces of the two terminal parts. The, first concave surface is a partial surface of a first rotationally symmetrical external surface about the axis of rotation transverse to the central axis. The second concave inner surface of a second rotationally symmetrical conical external surface about the axis of rotation transverse to the central axis.

Intervertebral implant comprising a three-part articulation

Disclosed is an intervertebral implant () comprising a central axis (), a bottom cover plate () and a top cover plate (), which are respectively provided with an exterior surface () that extends transversal to the central axis (), and a central part (). Said central part () is located between the cover plates () and is provided with a sleeve () encompassing a fiber system () that is connected to the cover plates () and is embedded in an enveloping body () made of a homogeneous material. In analogy with the anatomic structure of the natural disk, the inventive intervertebral implant () can transfer occurring compressive forces onto the cover plates () thereof as tensile forces that are applied to the individual fibers of the fiber system () thereof.

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Adrian Burri