摘要 |
An intervertebral implant having a three-dimensional body ( 10 ) and a securing plate ( 1 ). The three-dimensional body ( 10 ) includes an upper side ( 1 ) and an underside ( 2 ) which are suitable for abutting the end plates of two adjacent vertebral bodies, a left side surface ( 3 ) and a right side surface ( 4 ), a front surface ( 5 ) and a rear surface ( 6 ), a horizontal middle plane ( 7 ) between the upper side ( 1 ) and the underside ( 2 ), and a vertical middle plane ( 12 ) extending from the front surface ( 5 ) to the rear surface ( 6 ). The three-dimensional body further includes a plurality of boreholes ( 9 a) passing through the body ( 10 ), which are suitable for accommodating longitudinal fixation elements ( 20 ). The intervertebral implant also includes a front plate ( 8 ) displaceably disposed as an insert with the front side ( 5 ) of the three-dimensional body, the front plate ( 8 ) having a plurality of boreholes ( 9 ) in which the longitudinal fixation elements ( 20 ) can be anchored, and whose openings overlap with the openings of the boreholes of the three-dimensional body ( 10 ). A securing plate can be fastened essentially parallel to the front plate ( 8 ) at the three-dimensional body ( 10 ) in such a manner that the boreholes of the front plate ( 9 ) are covered at least partly by the securing plate ( 18 ). By virtue of the configuration of the intervertebral implant, a rigid, firm connection between the intervertebral implant and the longitudinal fixation elements used to fasten it, is possible.
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