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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:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Metz-Stavenhagen, Bad Wildungen, DE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 ;
Abstract
The vertebral column segment is designed for being implanted into a human vertebral column ( ). The vertebral column segment comprises a vertebral body insert ( ) and or comprises an intervetebral disc ( ) with the associated upper and/or lower vertebral body fragment ( ) and/or comprises a vertebral arch ( ), particularly provided with the diverse extensions. According to the invention, the intervertebral disc ( ) is made from a genetically manipulated animal intervertebral disc, or the vertebral body insert, the vertebral body fragments ( ), the vertebral arch ( ) and/or the extensions are made of genetically manipulated animal bones.