Patent ID: 6682564
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
An intervertebral support device for providing a corrected angle of spinal curvature upon positioning between adjacent vertebral bodies of a human spine, the intervertebral support device comprising:a body having opposing first and second end faces, opposing top and bottom faces extending between the first and second end faces, and opposing side faces extending between the first and second end faces, a first diagonal direction defined between a first vertical corner at the first end face and a diagonally opposite second vertical corner at the second end face, a second diagonal direction defined between a second vertical corner at the first end face and a diagonally opposite first vertical corner at the second end face; said body having a tapering height decreasing from the first end face to the second end face, and while also tapering more quickly in the first diagonal direction than the second diagonal direction, to thereby provide the corrected angle of spinal curvature upon positioning between adjacent vertebral bodies of the human spine.