SPINE IMPLANT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spine implant which can be fixed effectively mechanically at early stages and can be minimized by decreasing formation of fibrous capsules around it. SOLUTION: A spine implant 10 including an outside surface, a front end portion, and a rear end portion has a hollow...

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Main Authors PICHA GEORGE J, GOLDSTEIN JEFFREY A
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 15.12.1998
Edition6
Subjects
BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS
DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS
FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS
FIRST-AID KITS
FOMENTATION
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES
PROSTHESES
TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spine implant which can be fixed effectively mechanically at early stages and can be minimized by decreasing formation of fibrous capsules around it. SOLUTION: A spine implant 10 including an outside surface, a front end portion, and a rear end portion has a hollow, almost tubular shell. The shell has spiral threads 12 which. project from its outside surface. The thread 12 includes a plurality of column parts 6. Each column part has a height of 100 to 4500 μm and at its widest point has a lateral size of 100 to 4500 μm. A plurality of holes for allowing a bone to pass through them and grow are provided through the outside surface. The spine implant may have a plurality of column part 6 which project from the outside surface of the shell in a regular, unspiral arrangement.
Bibliography:Application Number: JP19980137272