Patent ID: 7503934
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A prosthetic device for anterior-oblique insertion into an intervertebral space, comprising a first component having an outer bearing surface including an integral first flange arranged to engage a first vertebra from an anterior-oblique approach, the first flange being angled relative to the longitudinal and transverse axes of the first component, and a second component having an outer bearing surface including an integral second flange arranged to engage a second vertebra from an anterior-oblique approach, the second flange being angled relative to the longitudinal and transverse axes of the second component, and wherein the first and second components cooperate to permit articulating motion between the first and second components, wherein the first component is triangular in shape to define first, second and third side portions, the first flange being generally parallel with one of the first, second and third side portions of the first component, and wherein the second component is triangular in shape to define first, second and third side portions, the second flange being generally parallel with one of the first, second and third side portions of the second component.