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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2009
Andrea Peukert, Tuttlingen, DE;
Stephan Lindner, Wurmlingen, DE;
Andrea Peukert, Tuttlingen, DE;
Stephan Lindner, Wurmlingen, DE;
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
In an intervertebral implant having an abutment element for abutment on at least one vertebral body, in order to be able to apply pulling forces to the abutment element without the risk of damage to the abutment element, it is proposed that the abutment element carry at a side edge a pull element which extends along the side wall of the abutment element and is held on the abutment element by pull members extending at the sides of the abutment element in the direction towards the opposite side edge, the pull element being made of a material whose tensile strength is greater than the tensile strength of the material of the abutment element, and that an interspace for receiving a handling instrument engaging the pull element from behind be arranged at least in a section along the pull element between the pull element and the abutment element. A handling instrument for handling such an intervertebral implant is also described.