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Vertebral body end plate cutter

  • US 6,840,944 B2
  • Filed: 05/21/2002
  • Issued: 01/11/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A tool for precisely violating end plates of adjacent vertebral bodies for intervertebral fusion techniques, said tool comprisinga first element for engaging one of said vertebral bodies, a second element for engaging the other of said vertebral bodies, at least one of said elements having at least one cutting structure thereon, and means for forcing said elements apart with sufficient force to drive said cutting structure into the end plate engaged thereby, so as to form a recess corresponding in shape to said cutting structure, wherein the forcing means is a screw jack.

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