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Vertebral implant and setting tool therefor

  • US 6,752,832 B2
  • Filed: 12/26/2001
  • Issued: 06/22/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A spinal implant for engagement between a pair of vertebrae, the implant comprising:

  • a first tubular element having an upper threaded part;

    a second tubular element forming an unthreaded part coaxial with and outside the threaded part, the parts being displaceable relative to each other along an axis and each adapted to engage a respective one of the vertebrae; and

    a nut threadedly engaging the screwthread of the threaded part, bearing axially on the unthreaded part, and formed with an externally accessible array of gear teeth, the unthreaded part having a rim against which the nut fits and being formed with a radially throughgoing notch opening at the rim.

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