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Spinal implant and method

  • US 6,379,354 B1
  • Filed: 11/03/1997
  • Issued: 04/30/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/08/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A flat spinal implant link member comprising(i) a first end adapted to be affixed to a vertebra;

  • (ii) a second end adapted to be affixed to a second vertebra;

    (iii) a central portion connecting said first end and said second end;

    (iv) an aperture having a middle portion in said first end and in said second end;

    wherein said central portion (iii) is offset from a line extended between middle portions of each of said apertures in said first and second ends of said implant member; and

    (v) means for engaging at least one of said first end (i) or said second end (ii) of said implant member with a first or second end of another implant member when at least one of said apertures of each of said implant members are superimposed.

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