Patent ID: 11872138
Assignee: LDR MEDICAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 18:
19. The intervertebral implant of claim 18, wherein each of the first and second elongated osseous anchorage members comprises a plurality of notches in a plate extending outwardly from the respective first or second endplate surface, the plate being oriented to prevent the first or second elongated osseous anchorage member from falling out once inserted into a corresponding one of the first and second vertebral bodies,
wherein a geometric center of the first plate is offset relative to a geometric center of the second plate in a direction perpendicular to a vertical axis of a spinal column, and
wherein a center of articulation is vertically aligned with a vertex of a curved surface of articulation of the second plate and corresponding to a mid-position of a center of curvature of the first plate in relation to the second plate.