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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2002
Luis Duarte, San Angelo, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
An intervertebral support device may include a body having opposing first and second end faces, opposing top and bottom faces extending between the first and second end faces, and opposing side faces extending between the first and second end faces. A first diagonal direction may be defined between a first vertical corner at the first end face and a diagonally opposite second vertical corner at the second end face, and a second diagonal direction defined between a second vertical corner at the first end face and a diagonally opposite first vertical corner at the second end face. The body may have a tapering height decreasing from the first end face to the second end face, and while also tapering more quickly in the first diagonal direction than the second diagonal direction to provide a corrected angle of spinal curvature upon positioning between adjacent vertebral bodies in a human spine.