Patent ID: 7229477
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A prosthetic implant to form a rigid structure between adjoining vertebrae in a spinal column comprising a cage defined by a top wall, a bottom wall, a front end wall, a back end wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, said front and back end walls each having a length that is less than each length of said first side and said second side walls, at least one of said first and second side walls extending substantially linearly along a longitudinal axis of said cage, said top wall and said bottom wall designed to be positionable between, and engageable with a surface of an adjacent vertebrae, at least one of said top and bottom walls sloping from said second side wall to said first side wall, said slope being inclined downwardly at least partially between said second side wall to said first side wall, at least a portion of said second side wall having a height greater than a height of at least a portion of said first side wall, at least one of said top and bottom walls at least partially inclined from said back end wall to said front end wall, at least a portion of said back end wall having a height greater than a height of at least a portion of said front end wall.