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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2006
Reginald James Davis, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Kevin Kaufman, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Greg Hoffman, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Alan Mcgee, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Jean Huppert, L'Etrat, FR;
Hugues Mousselard, Paris, FR;
Ludovic Rillardon, Le Raincy, FR;
Reginald James Davis, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Kevin Kaufman, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Greg Hoffman, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Alan McGee, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Jean Huppert, L'Etrat, FR;
Hugues Mousselard, Paris, FR;
Ludovic Rillardon, Le Raincy, FR;
LDR Medical, Rosières Près Troyes, FR;
Abstract
This present invention concerns a transforaminal intersomatic cage for an intervertebral fusion graft, and an instrument and method for implanting the cage, an embodiment of the cage having a body in the shape of a circular arc and comprising a lateral concave surface, a lateral convex surface, a straight upper surface, a straight lower surface and an end wall having at least one hole, called the end hole, designed to receive a rod of an instrument for implanting the cage between the vertebrae, wherein: