Patent ID: 6422874
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A vertebral model useful in illustrating medical conditions of the spine comprising; a fist and second vertebral member movably mounted to each other, the first and second vertebral members each having a longitudinal axis, a disk member interposed between the first and second vertebral members, the first and second vertebral members being movable relative to each other between a first position, wherein the first and second vertebral members are substantially coaxially aligned, and a second position wherein the first and second vertebral members arm not coaxially aligned, and a lock mechanism for releasably locking the fist and second vertebral members in their second position, the first and second vertebral members biassed towards their first position, the first and second vertebral members configured to resemble two adjoining vertebrae, the disk member configured to resemble an inter-vertebral disc between two adjoining vertebrae.