Patent ID: 6129763
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An expandable osteosynthesis implant comprising at least three branches, each branch having distal and proximal ends and each branch being connected to a seat, the seat having at least two flats each disposed between two successive branches, the seat being pierced by an orifice, the branches and the seat constituting a hollow cage which, in an unexpanded position, has an outside general shape which is quasi-cylindrical of quasi-circular section, and at least a portion of an inside volume of the cage near the distal ends of the branches forming a quasi-circular truncated cone with a base near said seat, and within said inside volume at least one spacer adapted to fit within the base of the truncated cone, such that once the spacer has been placed within the base, a hollow region is created in the space defined by said branches, at least one spacer, and the orifice.