Patent ID: 8100979
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61L,C08G

Abstract:
1. An artificial disc device, comprising a plurality of interconnected elements arranged in a row to define a superior surface, a first of said plurality of interconnected elements including one of a male structure and a female structure on a connecting face that is substantially parallel to an axis that is normal to said superior surface, a second of said plurality of interconnected elements including a complementary structure that cooperates with said structure of said first interconnected element to define a mechanical lock between said first and second interconnected elements, said mechanical lock inhibiting relative motion between said first and second interconnected elements in a first direction parallel to said axis that is normal to said superior surface and in a second direction perpendicular to said connecting face of said first interconnected element, said interconnected elements adapted to be assembled in situ so that said superior surface of said interconnected elements of the row is opposite a same vertebral endplate.