Patent ID: 9078762
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A space holder for vertebrae or intervertebral discs for implantation into living human or animal organisms, the space holder comprising: a cylinder-like body having a first end and a second end; and first and second connecting members to connect to adjacent body parts provided at the first and second ends, respectively, of the cylinder-like body, each of the first and second connecting members having a ring-like shape and being connected to the cylinder-like body, wherein the cylinder-like body is formed as a solid body from at least one material that is elastically deformable under the intended conditions of use, wherein the space holder is compressible and extensible in an axial direction and is bendable about a radial axis of rotation, and wherein each of the first and second connecting members is lattice-like, network-like, or wave-like, each of the lattice-like, network-like, or wave-like first and second connecting members having cavities, and including protrusions located at an end.