Intervertebral disc prosthesis

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8267999
APP PUB NO 20090204219A1
SERIAL NO

12424364

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The present invention relates to an intervertebral disk prosthesis comprising at least three parts including a first plate, referred to as the upper plate (1), a second plate, referred to as the lower plate (2), and a core (3), the upper surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part (10) of the lower surface of the upper plate (1) and the lower surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part of the upper surface of the lower plate (2), and the lower plate (1) being movable at least with respect to the core (3), characterized in that there are cooperation means between the lower to plate (2) and the core (3), so as to limit or eliminate translation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2) along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate (2), and to limit or eliminate rotation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2), around an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate (2), the planes passing through the upper (1) is and lower (2) plates forming a substantially constant angle.

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  • LDR MEDICAL

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Beaurain, Jacques Sauton la Chapelle, FR 17 1585
Dufout, Thierry Oliver, FR 2 195
Fuentes, Jean-Marc Grebels, FR 8 970
Huppert, Jean L'Etral, FR 27 3579
Vital, Jean-Marc Bordeaux, FR 7 716

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