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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2019
Teijin Nakashima Medical Co., Ltd., Okayama, JP;
Mamoru Kono, Kobe, JP;
TEIJIN NAKASHIMA MEDICAL CO., LTD., Okayama, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a structurally stable interbody cage. An interbody cageincludes a main bodydistally including two branchesthat are spaced apart from each other upward and downward, a rodprovided in the main bodyso as to extend between the two branches, and a sliderconfigured to separate the two branchesupward and downward, the sliderbeing supported by the rodso as to be movable in an axis direction of the rod, wherein the two brancheseach distally have an inclined surfaceA, the inclined surfacesA facing each other, the distance between the inclined surfacesA gradually increasing toward distal ends thereof; the sliderslides on the inclined surfacesA of the two brancheswhen the slidermoves in the axis direction of the rod, and the two brancheseach proximally have a constricted partwith a narrow thickness and an openingis present between the upper constricted partand the lower constricted part, the openingbeing formed by a plurality of holestocontinuous in the axis direction of the rodand having an upper edge and lower edge that form protruding curves in a lateral view.