Patent ID: 7341600
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. Three-dimensional fiber reinforced implant, optionally a vertebral cage adapted to be inserted between two adjacent vertebrae, the implant having an outer wall with a general cylindrical shape and optionally an open volume for bone filling, said outer wall having a matrix with embedded reinforcing fibers which at least in part are oriented in a first direction, a support capable of preventing deformation of the implant, the support extending within said volume having a matrix with embedded reinforcing fibers which are at least in part oriented in a second direction, said first and said second directions being different, wherein the support comprises a planar strut which extend coaxially through the axis of the outer wall and diametrically between opposite inner sides of said outer wall; and wherein the fibers of the outer wall are at least partly concentrically oriented.