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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernd Schafer, Goppingen, DE;
Henry Halm, Bissendorf-Wissingen, DE;
Assignee:
Schafer micomed GmbH, Goppingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 1711 ; 606 61 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an intervertebral implant for insertion between two vertebral bodies of a spinal column, comprising a body containing two contact faces, whereby the body is designed as a hollow body, and the hollow body is formed by a side wall which has a convexly curved longitudinal wall portion and a concavely curved longitudinal wall portion as well as two convexly curved lateral wall portions connecting the two longitudinal wall portions with each other, whereby the radii of curvature of the lateral wall portions are smaller than the radii of curvature of the longitudinal wall portions.
Published as:
DE29720022U1; CA2253111A1; EP0916323A1; DE19804022A1; US6143032A; DE19804022C2; EP0916323B1; ATE230245T1; DE59806807D1; CA2253111C;