Transforaminal intersomatic cage for an intervertebral fusion graft and an instrument for implanting the cage

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PATENT NO 8241359
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12279664

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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: the end hole has an orientation that is more or less tangential to the circular arc described by the body; the extremity opposite to the end wall of the body includes a return part extending the body toward the center of the circle on which the circular arc described by the body lies.

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LDR MEDICAL10300 SAINTE-SAVINE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Davis, Reginald James Cockeysville, US 9 485
Hoffman, Greg Fort Wayne, US 16 431
Huppert, Jean L'etrat, FR 27 3579
Kaufman, Kevin Ft. Worth, US 24 554
McGee, Alan Fort Wayne, US 14 623
Mousselard, Hugues Paris, FR 7 382
Rillardon, Ludovic Le Raincy, FR 6 361

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