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Surgical instrument set

  • US 4,997,432 A
  • Filed: 03/14/1989
  • Issued: 03/05/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical set for the insertion of an endoprosthesis into a space between two vertebral bodies, comprising in combination:

  • an endoprosthesis having two stop plates to be secured in said space and a sliding core to be arranged between the plates, each plate having a peripheral edge; and

    a spreading forceps (9) which have a front end formed as spreading jaws, each spreading jaw (10,

         11) having a substantially U-shaped recess (19) surrounding one stop plate (3) on three sides and gripping the peripheral edge of the stop plate, the thickness of the two spreading jaws (10,

         11) in the spreading direction being substantially identical to the thickness of the two stop plates (3) when secured in the spaces between the vertebral bodies.

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