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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:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2002
Applicants:
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;
Inventors:
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;
Assignee:
Synthes USA, LLC, West Chester, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An intervertebral implant (), specifically an artificial intervertebral disk, with a central axis (), an upper section (), suitable for laying onto the base plate of a vertebral body lying on top and a lower section (), suitable for laying onto the cover plate of a vertebral body lying below, wherein