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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2010
Jason John Eckhardt, Memphis, TN (US);
Vincent C. Traynelis, Chicago, IL (US);
J. Kenneth Burkus, Columbus, GA (US);
Regis W. Haid, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US);
Jason John Eckhardt, Memphis, TN (US);
Vincent C. Traynelis, Chicago, IL (US);
J. Kenneth Burkus, Columbus, GA (US);
Regis W. Haid, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US);
Warsaw Orthopedic, Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A prosthesis comprising a component for engaging a surface of a vertebral body is disclosed. The component comprises a bone-engaging surface and an outer surface that is not bone-engaging, wherein the bone-engaging surface is configured to engage a portion of the surface of the vertebral body, wherein the vertebral body has been configured to engage with the bone-engaging surface, and wherein after the component is engaged with the vertebral body, at least at a location of an area of a junction between a vertical surface and an endplate surface of the vertebral body, the outer surface of the component has a shape that is substantially similar to an anatomical shape of the vertebral body.