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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2002
Max Aebi, Bern, CH;
Dominique Burkard, Gretzenbach, CH;
Robert Frigg, Bettlach, CH;
Beat Lechmann, Bettlach, CH;
Robert Mathys, Jr., Bettlach, CH;
Paul Pavlov, Nijmegen, NL;
Max Aebi, Bern, CH;
Dominique Burkard, Gretzenbach, CH;
Robert Frigg, Bettlach, CH;
Beat Lechmann, Bettlach, CH;
Robert Mathys, Jr., Bettlach, CH;
Paul Pavlov, Nijmegen, NL;
Synthes (U.S.A.), West Chester, PA (US);
Abstract
An intervertebral implant (), including an upper section () provided with a ventral side area (), a dorsal side area (), two lateral side areas (), a top apposition surface () and a bottom surface (), a lower section () provided with a ventral side area (), a dorsal side area (), two lateral side areas (), a bottom apposition surface () and a top surface (), wherein the two sections () are moveable in relation to each other by means of two joints () arranged between the two sections (), and wherein each of the joints () has a swivel axle () and the two swivel axles () are arranged perpendicular to each other, each of the joints () comprises at least one axle () coaxial to the relevant swivel axle () and a bearing shell () receiving the axle (), and roll bodies () are inserted between the axles () and the bearing shells ().