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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Henry Graf, Lyon, FR;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 17 ; 606 61 ;
Abstract
An extra-discal intervertebral prosthesis comprising at least a partially closed, elongated body including a compression chamber having an elastic block at one end. The block has a free face abutted by a ball joint associated with a first of two fixation means engagable in spaced vertebrae of a patient.
Published as:
CA2135838A1; EP0654249A1; FR2712481A1; FR2712482A1; AU7892994A; FR2712481B1; FR2712482B1; JPH08191840A; US5562737A; EP0654249B1; ATE177305T1; DE69416937D1; ES2130381T3; DK0654249T3; DE69416937T2; JP3586298B2;