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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2005
Jean-philippe Lemaire, Saulon la Chapelle, FR;
Jean-Philippe Lemaire, Saulon la Chapelle, FR;
Eden Spine Europe SA, Geneva, CH;
Abstract
The intervertebral disk prosthesis comprises first and second parts () intended to be attached respectively to two adjacent vertebrae, an intermediate part () inserted between the first and second parts () and comprising articular surfaces () that cooperate with respective articular surfaces () of the first and second parts (), and means () for coupling the first part () and the intermediate part (). The coupling means () are arranged to leave the intermediate part () free relative to the first part () during a first phase of a tilting movement of the first part () relative to the second part (), but to displace the intermediate part () toward an end (E) of the prosthesis that is opposite to an end (E) toward which the first part () is displaced by tilting relative to the second part (), during a second phase of the tilting movement of the first part ().