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Forceps for inserting intervertebral device

  • US 5,122,130 A
  • Filed: 10/25/1990
  • Issued: 06/16/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical forceps for applying pressure against a vertebral body, said forceps having a back portion and a front portion including a front end, the front portion being formed as first and second spreading jaws that are substantially parallel when in a spread position, each spreading jaw having a substantially U-shaped recess having an open portion directed towards front end of the forceps, each U-shaped recess being defined in a plane substantially parallel to the other jaw and perpendicular to the spreading direction and including an inner wall having a groove arranged in a plane substantially perpendicular to the spreading direction.

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