DEVICE TO BE FUSED WITH ONE OR MORE BONE STRUCTURES

Title:

DEVICE TO BE FUSED WITH ONE OR MORE BONE STRUCTURES

Document Type and Number:

Japanese Patent JP2005118596

Kind Code:

A

Abstract:

To provide a fusion cage designed to be embedded in a vertebral structure by the approach from the belly side.

The fusion cage 20 for fusing a belly side vertebral body, has a conical shape and round-shaped tip part. A screw 40 is formed as a part of a conical outside surface of the fusion cage. One or more vertical grooves 42 for improving tapping capacity of the fusion cage, are formed in this screw. A plurality of holes 54 are fomred by penetrating through the fusion cage for providing contact between an engaged vertebral structure and a substance for inducing growth of bones packed in this fusion cage. This fusion cage is introduced by treatment from the belly side, and maintains or increases a curve between the adjacent vertebral structures.

Inventors:

PAVLOV M D PAUL W
WINSLOW CHARLES J
KIRK JAYNE
KLYCE HENRY A

Application Number:

JP2005022008A

Publication Date:

May 12, 2005

Filing Date:

January 28, 2005

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

SURGICAL DYNAMICS INC

International Classes:

A61F2/28; A61B17/56; A61B17/58; A61B17/70; A61F2/44; A61F2/46; A61B17/86; A61B17/88; A61F2/00; A61F2/30; (IPC1-7): A61B17/58; A61B17/56

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

Masatake Shiga
Takashi Watanabe
Yasuhiko Murayama
Shinya Mitsuhiro

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