Synthes Usa, LLC

Jason Trachsel

Armin Studer

Martin Wymann

Mario Gago

An intervertebral disk prosthesis or the intervertebral implant has a cavity-like middle part with a longitudinal axis, an upper end, a lower end, an upper apposition plate, and a lower apposition plate. The upper apposition plate is placed on the upper end of the middle part such that it is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The upper apposition plate is suited for resting against the base plate of a vertebral body. The lower apposition plate is placed on the lower end of the middle part such that it is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The lower apposition plate is suited for resting against the cover plate of a vertebral body. The middle part has at least two coaxially arranged plate springs, which gives the middle part a progressive spring characteristic.

Intervertebral disk prosthesis or artificial vertebral body

Intervertebral disc prosthesis including an upper apposition plate appropriate to rest against the base plate of an upper vertebra, a lower apposition plate spaced apart from the upper apposition plate and suitable to rest against the base plate of a lower vertebra, a plurality of elastic devices mounted between the two apposition plates and in their peripheral zones in a manner that the two apposition plates shall be displaceable in mutually resilient manner, and a central axis which runs essentially perpendicularly to the two apposition plates, the elastic devices being designed/configured in a manner that the intervertebral disc prosthesis as a whole exhibits asymmetrical stiffness.

Intervertebral disc prosthesis

An intervertebral disk prosthesis having an essentially hollow cylindrical base element () which is provided with a casing () that is embodied as a bellows, a top end (), and a bottom end (), and a central longitudinal axis (). The base element also includes an upper apposition plate (), which is disposed perpendicular to the longitudinal axis () at the top end () of the base element () and rests on the base plate of the vertebra, and a lower apposition plate (), which is arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal axis () at the bottom end () of the base element () and leans on the cover plate of a vertebra. The casing () serves a spring element having a defined spring rate.

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