Patent ID: 8337558

Claim:
A vertebral body replacement implant comprising: a bottom locating part for positioning against a lower vertebral body, a top locating part for positioning against an upper vertebral body, both locating parts being steplessly displaceable and steplessly fixable relative to one another along a displacement path so that a height of the vertebral body replacement implant is variable, a clamping device for fixing the two locating parts in any desired intermediate position along the displacement path in a stepless manner, said clamping device having a clamping element that is mounted on one of the bottom and top locating parts so as to be variable in position and can be pressed towards a clamping face on the other of the bottom and top locating parts, wherein: the displacement path comprises substantially an entire length of overlapping portions of the two locating parts; the clamping face is flat; the clamping element has a flat locating face; and the clamping face is inclined slightly relative to the displacement path, so that when the two locating parts are pushed together the clamping face moves progressively closer to the locating face of the clamping element.