Patent ID: 6245108
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
A prosthetic implant to form a rigid structure between adjoining vertebrae in a spinal column comprising a cage defined by top, bottom, front end, back end, first side and second side walls, said first and second side walls extending substantially along a longitudinal axis of said cage, said front and back end walls having a width less than the length of said first side and said second side walls, said top wall and said bottom wall positionable between and engageable with a surface of an adjacent vertebrae, said first side wall having an arcuate surface, said second side wall being a substantially planar surface, said top wall being inclined downwardly from said back end wall to said front end wall such that at least a portion of said back end wall has a height greater than a height of at least a portion of said front end wall.