Medical Instrument For Spreading Vertebral Bodies Apart

摘要

A medical instrument serves for spreading vertebral bodies apart and for operations in an area of a spinal column. A sleeve is provided and several spreadable elements protrude from a distal end of said sleeves. Said several spreadable elements are folded together to form a conical body, said conical body serves for inserting between adjacent vertebral bodies of a spinal column. A spreader is provided which can be driven into said conical body thereby spreading said several spreading elements, said spreading elements pushing away said two adjacent vertebral bodies.