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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2009
Allan Maas, Constance, DE;
Claudia Vollmer, Liptingen, DE;
Alexander Haas, Donaueschingen, DE;
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
An implant includes two implant components, each having at least two adjacent support arms, which are connected to one another at one end by means of a bridge and can be spread apart at their free ends, and at least one of which support arms forms a support surface, such that with the free ends of their support arms both implant components are directed towards the free ends of the support arms of the respective other implant component, and that both implant components have slide faces for the support arms of the respective other implant component which are arranged and shaped such that as the two implant components approach one another, the support arms slide on the slide faces of the respective other implant component, and are pivoted thereby, so that the spacing of the upper and lower support surfaces is thereby increased.