EXPANDABLE, ANGULARLY ADJUSTABLE INTERVERTEBRAL CAGES

An expandable spinal implant, comprising:a body having an upper plate and a lower plate, each of the plates including an adjustment surface and the lower plate including a cavity, the implant further having a channel for receiving an actuator pin; andan actuator pin comprising a shaft having an exte...

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Hauptverfasser:	GANTER, Detlev, EIF, Marcus, EISEN, Guntmar
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	An expandable spinal implant, comprising:a body having an upper plate and a lower plate, each of the plates including an adjustment surface and the lower plate including a cavity, the implant further having a channel for receiving an actuator pin; andan actuator pin comprising a shaft having an exterior adjustment surface configured to cooperate with the adjustment surfaces of the upper and lower plates to urge the upper and lower plates apart to an expanded position, thereby expanding the implant, the actuator pin including a notch insertable into the cavity of the lower plate, thereby locking the plates in their expanded position.