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Fusion stabilization chamber

  • US 5,405,391 A
  • Filed: 02/16/1993
  • Issued: 04/11/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/16/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A fusion stabilization chamber, comprising:

  • a) first and second hollow members, the first hollow member being slidable within the second hollow member,b) both hollow members including at least one barrel vault for receiving a screw therein, at least one barrel vault of the first hollow member being mutually oblique to at least one barrel vault of the second hollow member, the hollow members being substantially filled with bone chips,c) wherein each hollow member is defined by walls formed of a metal mesh, the mesh defining openings sufficiently large to allow the bone chips located within the hollow member to fuse with bone material located outside the hollow member.

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