US 12,383,409 B2
Vertebral prosthesis
Rodrigo De Pablos Almazan, Madrid (ES)
Appl. No. 17/623,524
Filed by Rodrigo De Pablos Almazan, Madrid (ES)
PCT Filed Mar. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/ES2020/070196
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/001581, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. ES201930616 (ES), filed on Jul. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0354660 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/44 (2013.01) [A61F 2/30942 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30433 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30563 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30581 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30985 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vertebral prosthesis configured to replace a patient vertebra, said vertebral prosthesis comprising:
a body having a shape corresponding to a natural vertebra, said body is formed by two separate symmetrical upper portions that are coupled to each other, and two separate symmetrical lower portions that are coupled to each other forming a hollow bowl-like configuration that is linked to the upper portions from suspension elements located within said hollow bowl-like configuration, wherein a height of said suspension elements is just under ⅓ of a total height of the vertebral prosthesis.