Inventors:
Andrea Mueller - Winterthur, CH
Milica Berra - Schlieren, CH
Marcel Aeschlimann - Ligerz, CH
Mario Lehmann - Les Pommerats, CH
Urs Weber - Evilard, CH
Jörg Mayer - Niederlenz, CH
Stephen Hochschuler - Plano TX, US
Hansen Yuan - Naples FL, US
Frank M. Phillips - Chicago IL, US
Stephanie Mehl - Zug, CH
Elmar Mock - Colombier, CH
Andreas Wenger - Muri b. Bern, CH
Philipp Seiler - Arboldswil, CH
Ulrich Berlemann - Bern, CH
Assignee:
SPINEWELDING AG - Schlieren
International Classification:
A61F 2/44, A61B 17/56, A61B 17/84
US Classification:
623 1716, 606 86 A, 606300
Abstract:
A spine stabilization device is provided, the spine stabilization device including an interbody spacer shaped to be inserted between a vertebral body of an upper vertebra and a vertebral body of a lower vertebra, and including a top surface oriented towards the lower endplate of the vertebral body of the upper vertebra and a bottom surface oriented towards the upper endplate of the vertebral body of the lower vertebra; and a fixation device to be inserted after placement of the interbody spacer, the fixation device including a support portion securing the interbody spacer against escaping from between the vertebral bodies of the upper and lower vertebra into a ventral direction, the support portion shaped to rest against a portion of an anterior surface of the interbody spacer, and further including an anchor, the anchor including an anchoring material portion that is configured to be inserted, in a liquid state, into cancellous bone tissue of at least one of the vertebral body of the upper vertebra and of the vertebral body of the lower vertebra, to thereby infiltrate the cancellous bone tissue, and to harden thereafter so as to fix the support portion to the vertebral body.