Patent ID: 7001432
Filing Date: 2006-02-21
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An intervertebral prosthesis, comprising a first cover plate configured to be connected to a first vertebral body, a second cover plate configured to be connected to a second vertebral body, and a prosthesis core which forms an articulation with the second cover plate and is held by a seat of the first cover plate, which seat is designed as a guide device into which the core can be moved from a ventral side relative to the first cover plate, the first cover plate having, on a ventral edge, a slide guide with respect to which a limit stop on the first cover plate is displaceable between a locking position and a nonlocking position and has a height such that the limit stop does not interfere with relative motion between the prosthesis core and the second cover plate, wherein the slide guide is formed by a guide slot which extends transverse to the guide device and which is configured to receive the limit stop and wherein the limit stop is designed as a limit-stop plate.