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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:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph P Errico, Far Hills, NJ (US);
Thomas J Errico, Summit, NJ (US);
James D Ralph, Oakland, NJ (US);
Assignee:
TechSys Medical, LLC, Summit, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 17 ;
Abstract
A tubular interbody fusion device having flat upper and lower surfaces including multiple parallel ratcheted blade ridges having opposing orientations, concave exterior side walls, an interior axial bore having inwardly directed ratcheted ridges, and a plurality of through holes extending from the upper and lower surfaces into the interior bore, from the sides into the interior bore, and from the upper and lower surfaces through the side walls.