Synthes Usa, LLC

Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.

Chris M J Cain

Beat Lechmann

Dominique Burkard

Claude Mathieu

An intervertebral implant having a three-dimensional body and a securing plate. The intervertebral implant also includes a front plate () displaceably disposed as an insert with a front side of the three-dimensional body.

Intervertebral implant

An intervertebral implant having a three-dimensional body () and a securing plate (). The three-dimensional body () includes an upper side () and an underside () which are suitable for abutting the end plates of two adjacent vertebral bodies, a left side surface () and a right side surface (), a front surface () and a rear surface (), a horizontal middle plane () between the upper side () and the underside (), and a vertical middle plane () extending from the front surface () to the rear surface (). The three-dimensional body further includes a plurality of boreholes () passing through the body (), which are suitable for accommodating longitudinal fixation elements (). The intervertebral implant also includes a front plate () displaceably disposed as an insert with the front side () of the three-dimensional body, the front plate () having a plurality of boreholes () in which the longitudinal fixation elements () can be anchored, and whose openings overlap with the openings of the boreholes of the three-dimensional body (). A securing plate can be fastened essentially parallel to the front plate () at the three-dimensional body () in such a manner that the boreholes of the front plate () are covered at least partly by the securing plate (). By virtue of the configuration of the intervertebral implant, a rigid, firm connection between the intervertebral implant and the longitudinal fixation elements used to fasten it, is possible.

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Chris M J Cain