Intervertebral implant with deformable wedge

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6946000
APP PUB NO 20040024458A1
SERIAL NO

10332798

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The invention relates to an intervertebral implant including a wedge which is inserted between two spinous processes and has two opposite grooves in which said spinous processes engage, which grooves have substantially parallel axes, and each of which grooves is defined by two flanges. The wedge has at least one central opening between said two grooves and said central opening passes completely through said wedge along an axis Ac substantially parallel to the axes Ag1 and Ag2 of said grooves, which renders said wedge elastically deformable.

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  • ZIMMER SPINE;ZIMMER SPINE AUSTIN, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Le, Couedic Regis Bordeaux, FR 60 7178
Pasquet, Denis Pessac, FR 29 4023
Senegas, Jacques Merignac, FR 22 3535

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