EP 1993448 A2 20081126 - SPECIALIZED CUTTER BLADES FOR PREPARING INTERVERTEBRAL DISC SPACES
Title (en)
SPECIALIZED CUTTER BLADES FOR PREPARING INTERVERTEBRAL DISC SPACES
Title (de)
SPEZIALMESSERKLINGEN ZUM PRÄPARIEREN VON BANDSCHEIBENZWISCHENRÄUMEN
Title (fr)
LAMES COUPANTES SPECIALISEES POUR LA PREPARATION DES ESPACES DE DISQUE INTERVERTEBRAL
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 2007005403 W 20070228
- US 77803506 P 20060228
- US 58648606 A 20061024
- US 58633806 A 20061024
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2007100912A2] Cutter blades made of shape memory materials. Rotation of a cutter blade as part of a cutter assembly within an intervertebral disc space cuts the material present there for removal from the intervertebral disc space. Cutter blades with different attributes (such as throw length, cutter blade angle, type and location of blade edges) are adapted to achieve different objectives within the intervertebral disc space. The use of a hollow ground to enhance the cutting action of a blade edge is described in connection with the creation of cutter blades. A variety of thin cutter blades are described which may be used in the interior of a thin intervertebral disc (having a reduced distance between the endplates of the adjacent vertebral bodies).
IPC 8 full level
A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00261 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2007100912A2
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2007100912 A2 20070907; WO 2007100912 A3 20071227; AU 2007220992 A1 20070907; CA 2644160 A1 20070907; EP 1993448 A2 20081126; IL 193708 A0 20090803; JP 2009528136 A 20090806
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2007005403 W 20070228; AU 2007220992 A 20070228; CA 2644160 A 20070228; EP 07752124 A 20070228; IL 19370808 A 20080826; JP 2008557408 A 20070228