INTERVERTEBRAL FUSION CAGE

• US 20160317320A1
• Filed: 04/28/2015
• Published: 11/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aegis Spine, Inc. (L&K Biomed Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Aegis Spine, Inc. (L&K Biomed Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: AHN, Young-Bo
• Granted Patent: US 9,474,624 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/442 Intervertebral or spinal discs, e.g. resilient non-disc-shaped intervertebral inflatable pockets A61F2/441; non-disc-shaped intervertebral fusion implants A61F2/4455
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/4455 for the fusion of spinal bodies, e.g. intervertebral fusion of adjacent spinal bodies, e.g. fusion cages intervertebral discs A61F2/442
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/447 substantially parallelepipedal, e.g. having a rectangular or trapezoidal cross-section
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/4611 of spinal prostheses
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/30187 D-shaped or half-disc-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/30235 tubular, e.g. sleeves
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/30538 for adjusting angular orientation
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/30556 for adjusting thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/30774 internally-threaded
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/30784 Plurality of holes
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/30904 serrated profile, i.e. saw-toothed
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/4627 with linear motion along or rotating motion about the instrument axis or the implantation direction, e.g. telescopic, along a guiding rod, screwing inside the instrument
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2230/0086 Pyramidal, tetrahedral, or wedge-shaped

Abstract

Disclosed is an intervertebral fusion cage which may be inserted between vertebrae from which a disk is removed to restore and maintain an interval between two vertebrae, and more specifically, to an intervertebral fusion cage having an easily mountable shape while enlarging a contact area with blood in a spinal cavity during surgery. A intervertebral fusion cage 100 generally includes a front part 102, first and second side parts 106 and 108 connected to both ends of the front part 102, and a rear part 104 connected to the pair of first and second side parts 106 and 108, wherein the front part 102, the first and second side parts 106 and 108 and the rear part 104 define fixing holes 130 and 132 therein which are vertically opened.

Claims

1. An intervertebral fusion cage comprising:

a front part;

first and second side parts connected to both ends of the front part; and

a rear part connected to the pair of first and second side parts,

wherein the front part, the first and second side parts, and the rear part define fixing holes therein which are vertically opened,

the first and second side parts are formed in a taper decreasing from the front part to the rear part,

a corner insertion part which is a portion connecting the rear part and the first side part has a smaller thickness than a portion connecting the rear part and the second side part,

wherein a front corner part connecting the front part and the second side part has a tool fastening part provided therein,

the tool fastening part is formed in one end of a reinforcing tube disposed in the fixing holes between a corner insertion part and the front corner part facing the corner insertion part,

the other end of the reinforcing tube contacts the corner insertion part,

the corner insertion part has a first wedge seat, and a second wedge seat communicating with the first wedge seat, and

a wedge is inserted in the first wedge seat by pressing the wedge through inside of the reinforcing tube, the wedge moves to the second wedge seat to be permanently fixed thereto, such that, a slit formed in the corner insertion part that is expanded in a longitudinal direction thereof to increase an entire height of the corner insertion part in the longitudinal direction thereof.

2. The intervertebral fusion cage according to claim 1, wherein at least one of a front corner part which faces the corner insertion part and connects the front part and the first side part, the front part, and the first side part has a tool fastening part formed therein in a lateral direction.

3. The intervertebral fusion cage according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the first side part is smaller than a thickness of the second side part.

4. The intervertebral fusion cage according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the front corner part, which faces the corner insertion part and connects the front part and the second side part, the front part, and the first side part has a flat seat surface in which the tool fastening part is formed.

5. The intervertebral fusion cage according to claim 1, wherein a space is defined by the front part, the first and second side parts and the rear part and is divided into two or more fixing holes by a reinforcing part, and the fixing holes have a cross-section area or shape different from each other.

6. (canceled)