Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an interbody fusion cage suitable for an interbody fusion operation of lumbar lateral anterior approach, which can overcome the defects in the prior art, and can restore the normal intervertebral space height and the normal lordosis of a kyphotic spine on the premise of not damaging vertebral end plates.
One embodiment of the invention provides an interbody fusion cage, which comprises a fusion cage main body and a sheet-shaped strutting part, wherein the fusion cage main body comprises an upper strutting part and a lower strutting part which are hinged with each other, and the lower surface of the upper strutting part is provided with a containing groove for containing the sheet-shaped strutting part in the containing groove when the sheet-shaped strutting part is in a horizontal state; the upper surface of the lower supporting part is also provided with a supporting groove for clamping the sheet-shaped strutting part in the supporting groove when the sheet-shaped strutting part is in a vertical state; the container groove includes an opening extending to a side edge of the upper support part and/or the lower support part for enabling the sheet-like expanding part to rotate from a horizontal state to an upright state through the opening, thereby expanding the fusion cage main body.
Another embodiment of the present invention provides an interbody fusion cage, including a fusion cage main body and a sheet-like distraction portion, wherein the fusion cage main body includes an upper support portion and a lower support portion hinged to each other, and an accommodating groove is formed in an upper surface of the lower support portion for accommodating the sheet-like distraction portion in the accommodating groove when the sheet-like distraction portion is in a horizontal state; the upper surface of the lower supporting part is also provided with a supporting groove for clamping the sheet-shaped strutting part in the supporting groove when the sheet-shaped strutting part is in a vertical state; the container groove includes an opening extending to a side edge of the upper support portion and/or the lower support portion for allowing the sheet expanding portion to rotate from a horizontal state to an upright state through the opening, thereby expanding the cage main body.
Another embodiment of the present invention provides an interbody fusion cage, which includes a fusion cage main body and a sheet-shaped distraction portion, wherein the fusion cage main body includes an upper support portion and a lower support portion hinged to each other, and both a lower surface of the upper support portion and an upper surface of the lower support portion are provided with accommodating grooves for accommodating the sheet-shaped distraction portion in the accommodating grooves when the sheet-shaped distraction portion is in a horizontal state; the upper surface of the lower supporting part is also provided with a supporting groove for clamping the sheet-shaped strutting part in the supporting groove when the sheet-shaped strutting part is in a vertical state; the container groove includes an opening extending to a side edge of the upper support portion and/or the lower support portion for allowing the sheet expanding portion to rotate from a horizontal state to an upright state through the opening, thereby expanding the cage main body.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the upper surface of the lower supporting portion is provided with an accommodating groove, and the supporting groove is located in the accommodating groove.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of support grooves may be formed in the upper surface of the lower support portion to allow different expansion angles of the upper support portion and the lower support portion to be achieved by sheet-shaped expansion portions of the same specification.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the lower surface of the upper support part is provided with a limit step against which the upper side edge of the sheet-like opening part abuts when the fusion cage main body is in the expanded state, thereby preventing the sheet-like opening part from sliding along the lower surface of the upper support part.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the lower surface of the upper supporting portion is provided with a receiving groove. At this time, the limiting step can be an inner side wall of the accommodating groove.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a separate opening may be provided in the upper support portion and/or the lower support portion in a direction different from the extending direction of the receiving groove. In other words, the opening is not formed by extending the receiving groove, but is an opening separately established at a position where the side edge of the upper support portion and/or the lower support portion is deviated from the receiving groove.
In one embodiment of the invention, one end of the sheet-shaped distraction portion is provided with a plurality of baffles, and each baffle is provided with one or more mounting holes for fixing the sheet-shaped distraction portion on the inferior vertebral body and the superior vertebral body simultaneously through the mounting holes.
In one embodiment of the invention, only one larger mounting hole may be provided on each baffle plate, so that screws of 40 mm length and 6 mm diameter may be used to screw into the vertebral bodies to achieve immediate stability of the intervertebral cage.
In one embodiment of the invention, the sheet-like expansile is provided with a plurality of micropores. The micropores can be uniformly distributed or non-uniformly distributed; the shape of the micro-pores may be circular, elliptical, polygonal, etc.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of minute holes provided on the sheet-like spreading portion are circular holes having a diameter of 230 to 280 μm. In a preferred embodiment, the pores are circular holes having a diameter of 250 microns.
In one embodiment of the invention, the plate-like struts are coated with a titanium bead coating to better achieve bone ingrowth and long term stability.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the sheet-like expanding portion has a length equal to that of the upper support portion and the lower support portion.
According to the interbody fusion cage, the height of one side of the interbody fusion cage is easy to realize to be larger, and the height of the other side of the interbody fusion cage is easy to realize to correct the kyphosis of a patient. According to the interbody fusion cage, the distraction operation of the fusion cage can be realized from the side surface of the fusion cage, so that the interbody fusion cage can be suitable for the interbody fusion operation of lumbar vertebra side front approach. According to the interbody fusion cage, the orthodontic effect is realized by adopting the mode of firstly implanting between two vertebral bodies and then expanding between the two vertebral bodies, and in the process of expanding the upper and lower supporting parts through the rotating sheet-shaped expanding part, the stress is mainly concentrated between the upper and lower supporting parts and the sheet-shaped expanding part instead of between the upper and lower supporting parts and the vertebral bodies, so that the risk of damaging the vertebral end plates is greatly reduced. The interbody fusion cage has simple structure and convenient operation, not only saves the manufacturing cost of the interbody fusion cage, but also can greatly shorten the operation time.
Detailed Description
In the following detailed description of the specific embodiments, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof. The accompanying drawings illustrate, by way of example, specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. The exemplary embodiments are not intended to be exhaustive of all embodiments according to the invention. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural or logical changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The following detailed description, therefore, is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims.
Fig. 1 is a schematic view showing the overall structure of an intervertebral cage according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, in an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an interbody fusion cage suitable for lumbar lateral anterior approach interbody fusion surgery, the interbody fusion cage including a cage body 10 and a sheet-shaped distraction portion 13, wherein the cage body 10 includes an upper support portion 12 and a lower support portion 11 hinged to each other, and a receiving groove 14 is formed on a lower surface of the upper support portion 12 and an upper surface of the lower support portion 11 for receiving the sheet-shaped distraction portion 13 in the receiving groove 14 when the sheet-shaped distraction portion 13 is in a horizontal state; the upper surface of the lower supporting part 11 is further provided with a supporting groove 15, so that when the sheet-shaped opening part 13 is in a vertical state, the sheet-shaped opening part 13 is clamped in the supporting groove 15; the accommodating groove 14 includes an opening 16 extending to the side edges of the upper support portion 12 and the lower support portion 11 for allowing the sheet expanding portion 13 to rotate from the horizontal state to the upright state through the opening 16, thereby expanding the cage main body 10.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the upper support part 12 and the lower support part 11 may be hinged by a hinge shaft (not shown), and the upper support part 12 and the lower support part 11 may be rotatable about the hinge shaft. In one embodiment, the hinge shaft may be a separate hinge shaft separated from the upper support part 12 and the lower support part 11 by being engaged with a shaft hole provided at one side of the upper support part 12 and the lower support part 11. In another embodiment, the hinge shaft is a hinge shaft integrally formed with the upper support portion 12, and the hinge shaft is hinged by fitting a shaft hole provided at one side of the lower support portion 11. In still another embodiment, the hinge shaft is a hinge shaft integrally formed with the lower support portion 11, and the hinge shaft is hinged by fitting a shaft hole provided at one side of the upper support portion 12. The hinge of the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above.
In an embodiment of the present invention, when the intervertebral cage is not in the distracted state, the lower surface of the upper support 12 and the upper surface of the lower support 11 may overlap with each other, or there may be a gap therebetween, which is not limited by the present invention.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the depth of the receiving groove 14 may be equal to the thickness of the sheet-shaped spreading portion 13, or may be smaller or larger than the thickness of the sheet-shaped spreading portion 13, which is not limited in the present invention. Specifically, when the receiving groove 14 is provided only on the lower surface of the upper support portion 12 or only on the upper surface of the lower support portion 11, the depth of the receiving groove 14 may be equal to the thickness of the sheet expanding portion 13, or may be appropriately greater than or less than the thickness of the sheet expanding portion 13, and when the receiving groove 14 is provided on the lower surface of the upper support portion 12 and the upper surface of the lower support portion 11, the sum of the depth of the receiving groove 14 on the lower surface of the upper support portion 12 and the depth of the receiving groove 14 on the upper surface of the lower support portion 11 may be equal to the thickness of the sheet expanding portion 13, or may be appropriately greater than or less than the thickness of the. In the present invention, the sheet-like spreading portion 13 is accommodated in the accommodating groove 14, which does not mean that the sheet-like spreading portion 13 is completely accommodated in the accommodating groove 14, and may include that a part of the sheet-like spreading portion 13 is accommodated in the accommodating groove 14.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the width of the accommodating groove 14 may be equal to the width of the sheet expanding portion 13, or may be appropriately larger than the width of the sheet expanding portion 13, as long as the sheet expanding portion 13 can be accommodated in the accommodating groove when in the horizontal state, which is not limited in the present invention.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the sheet-shaped expanding portion 13 is held in the supporting groove 15, which does not mean that only when the sheet-shaped expanding portion 13 is held, the outer side surface of the sheet-shaped expanding portion 13 is tightly fitted with the inner side surface of the supporting groove 15, and an appropriate gap is provided between the outer side surface of the sheet-shaped expanding portion 13 and the inner side surface of the supporting groove 15, which is not limited in the present invention.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the sheet-shaped expanding portion 13 is held in the supporting groove 15, which does not mean that only when the sheet-shaped expanding portion 13 is held, the outer side surface of the sheet-shaped expanding portion 13 is tightly fitted with the inner side surface of the supporting groove 15, and an appropriate gap is provided between the outer side surface of the sheet-shaped expanding portion 13 and the inner side surface of the supporting groove 15, which is not limited in the present invention.
In the present invention, the lateral direction refers to an extending direction of the hinge shaft of the upper support part 12 and/or the lower support part 11. The side edge of the upper support 12 and/or the lower support 11 refers to a lateral edge of the upper support 12 and/or the lower support 11.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a separate opening may be provided in the upper support portion and/or the lower support portion in a direction different from the extending direction of the receiving groove. In other words, the opening is not formed by extending the receiving groove, but is an opening separately established at a position where the side edge of the upper support portion and/or the lower support portion is deviated from the receiving groove.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the specific material of the fusion cage body 10 is preferably polyetheretherketone; the specific material of the sheet-like spreading portion 13 is preferably a titanium alloy material. In the embodiment of the present invention, the thickness of the fusion cage body 10 is about 10mm, that is, the thickness of each of the upper support part 12 and the lower support part 11 is about 5 mm. Thus, when the intervertebral fusion cage is in the distraction state, one side of the upper support part and the lower support part which are hinged is kept about 10mm, and the other side can use the sheet distraction parts 13 with different sizes and specifications to obtain different distraction heights according to the disease condition of a patient.
In the embodiment of the present invention, when the intervertebral fusion device needs to be implanted between two vertebral bodies, the sheet-shaped expansion portion 13 is horizontally positioned in the accommodating groove 14 of the sheet-shaped expansion portion 13 with a specific specification selected in advance. Then, the fusion cage body 10 is placed between the two vertebral bodies, the hinge shaft is positioned at one side close to the back side of the patient body, the opening side formed by the upper and lower supporting parts is positioned at one side close to the front side of the patient body, then the sheet-shaped opening part 13 is rotated from the horizontal state to the vertical state, and one side of the sheet-shaped opening part is inserted into the supporting groove 15, so that the sheet-shaped opening part 20 is fixed in the fusion cage body 10 in the vertical state, and the opening formed by the two supporting bodies 11 in a hinged state is opened, at this time, the fusion cage body 10 is in a trapezoidal body with small thickness at the back side and large thickness at the front side, so that the intervertebral space of the patient suffering from kyphosis can be restored to the normal height, and the lordosis is reconstructed, and the effect of correcting the kyphosis. In addition, because the intervertebral fusion cage provided by the embodiment of the invention realizes the orthodontic effect by adopting the mode of firstly implanting between two vertebral bodies and then expanding between the two vertebral bodies, in the process of expanding the fusion cage main body 10 by rotating the flaky expanding part 13, the stress is mainly concentrated between the fusion cage main body 10 and the flaky expanding part 13 instead of between the fusion cage main body 10 and the vertebral bodies, so the risk of damaging the end plates of the vertebral bodies is greatly reduced.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a body 10 of an intervertebral cage according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which receiving grooves 14 are provided only on a lower surface of an upper support 12. As shown in fig. 2, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the receiving grooves 14 are only provided on the lower surface of the upper support portion 12, and the receiving grooves are not provided on the upper surface of the lower support portion 11.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a body 10 of an intervertebral cage according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a receiving groove is formed only on an upper surface of a lower support 11. As shown in fig. 3, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the receiving grooves 14 are only disposed on the upper surface of the lower support portion 11, and the receiving grooves are not disposed on the lower surface of the upper support portion 12.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a main body of an intervertebral fusion cage according to an embodiment of the invention, wherein a receiving groove is formed on both the lower surface of the upper support 12 and the upper surface of the lower support 11. As shown in fig. 4, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the lower surface of the upper support part 12 and the upper surface of the lower support part 11 are provided with receiving grooves.
Fig. 5 to 7 are side views of the body of the intersomatic cage according to various embodiments of the present invention, in which the upper support part 12, the lower support part 11, the receiving groove 14, and the support groove 15 are shown. As shown in fig. 5, the receiving groove 14 is formed on the upper surface of the lower supporting portion 11, wherein the supporting groove 15 is located in the receiving groove 14 and is located at a side of the receiving groove away from the hinge shaft, and the supporting groove 15 and the receiving groove 14 share an inner sidewall 151. As shown in fig. 6, the receiving groove 14 is formed on the upper surface of the lower supporting portion 11, wherein the supporting groove 15 is located in the receiving groove 14 and at the middle position of the receiving groove 14. As shown in fig. 6, the receiving groove 14 is formed on the upper surface of the lower supporting portion 11, wherein the supporting groove 15 is located outside the receiving groove 14 and separated from the receiving groove 14. Regarding the relationship between the receiving groove 14 and the supporting groove 15, fig. 5 to 7 are only schematic, and the present invention is not limited thereto.
Fig. 8 is a side view of a body of an intervertebral cage according to an embodiment of the invention, in which the upper surface of the lower support part is provided with a plurality of support grooves. As shown in fig. 8, in an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of support grooves, such as a support groove 152 and a support groove 153, may be opened on the upper surface of the lower support part 11 to allow different expansion angles of the upper support part 12 and the lower support part 11 to be achieved by the sheet-shaped expanding part 13 of the same specification.
As shown in fig. 1, in one embodiment of the present invention, the lower surface of the upper support 12 is provided with a limit step 121, and when the fusion cage body 10 is in the expanded state, the upper side edge of the sheet-like expanded portion 13 abuts against the limit step 151, thereby preventing the sheet-like expanded portion from sliding along the lower surface of the upper support 12.
Fig. 9 is a side view of the main body of the intervertebral fusion device according to an embodiment of the invention, wherein the limiting step and the receiving groove share an inner sidewall. As shown in fig. 10, in an embodiment of the present invention, the receiving groove 14 is formed on the lower surface of the upper supporting portion 12, and the limiting step 121 and the receiving groove 14 share an inner sidewall 122.
Fig. 10 is a schematic view showing the overall structure of an intervertebral cage according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a barrier 17 is provided at one side of a spacer 13 in a sheet. As shown in fig. 10, in one embodiment of the present invention, two baffles 17 are provided at one end of the sheet-like expansion portion 13, and one or more mounting holes 171 are provided in the baffles 17 for fixing the sheet-like expansion portion to the inferior vertebral body or the superior vertebral body through the mounting holes 171. Although fig. 10 shows that one side of the expanding portion 13 has two flaps, the present invention is not limited to this, and only one flap 17 may be provided. For example, one flap is provided only on the upper side of one end of the sheet-like expanding portion, or one flap is provided only on the upper side of one end of the sheet-like expanding portion.
In one embodiment of the present invention, only one larger mounting hole 172 may be provided in the shield 17, so that a screw of 40 mm length and 6 mm diameter may be used to screw into the vertebral body for immediate stability of the intervertebral cage. For example, when there are two baffles, each baffle 17 may be provided with only one larger mounting hole 172, or one baffle 17 may be provided with one larger mounting hole 172 and the other baffle may be provided with a plurality of smaller mounting holes 171. Of course, a plurality of mounting holes 171 may be provided in both of the baffles. The invention is not limited thereto.
In one embodiment of the invention, the sheet-like expansile is provided with a plurality of micropores. The micropores can be uniformly distributed or non-uniformly distributed; the shape of the micro-pores may be circular, elliptical, polygonal, etc.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of minute holes provided on the sheet-like spreading portion are circular holes having a diameter of 230 to 280 micrometers, particularly 250 micrometers.
In one embodiment of the invention, the plate-like struts are coated with a titanium bead coating to better achieve bone ingrowth and long term stability.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the sheet-like expanding portion has a length equal to that of the upper support portion and the lower support portion.
According to the interbody fusion cage, the height of one side of the interbody fusion cage is easy to realize to be larger, and the height of the other side of the interbody fusion cage is easy to realize to correct the kyphosis of a patient. According to the interbody fusion cage, the distraction operation of the fusion cage can be realized from the side surface of the fusion cage, so that the interbody fusion cage can be suitable for the interbody fusion operation of lumbar vertebra side front approach. According to the interbody fusion cage, the orthodontic effect is realized by adopting the mode of firstly implanting between two vertebral bodies and then expanding between the two vertebral bodies, and in the process of expanding the upper and lower supporting parts through the rotating sheet-shaped expanding part, the stress is mainly concentrated between the upper and lower supporting parts and the sheet-shaped expanding part instead of between the upper and lower supporting parts and the vertebral bodies, so that the risk of damaging the vertebral end plates is greatly reduced. The interbody fusion cage has simple structure and convenient operation, not only saves the manufacturing cost of the interbody fusion cage, but also can greatly shorten the operation time.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims and their equivalents, it is intended that the present invention also encompass such modifications and variations.