Orthopedic Spinal Fixation Vertebral Hook Medical Instrument

The intervertebral fusion cage is a large, hollow cylinder made of some type of metal, usually titanium. It is designed as a "cage" so that bone graft can be placed inside the hollow cylinder to allow a spinal fusion to occur between two vertebrae. The holes that are throughout the cage allow bone to form around and through the cage connecting the two vertebrae with solid bone.

Many of the newer types of intervertebral fusion cages are also designed to allow performing the spinal fusion either using an open incision or a laparoscopic procedure. The laparoscopic approach can be much less damaging to normal tissue and can speed recovery.

The intervertebral fusion cage is designed to spread the two vertebrae apart, allowing several things to occur. The openings in the back of the spine where the nerve roots leave the spine become larger, decreasing pinching and irritation. Second, it replaces the disc and holds the vertebrae in the correct position until fusion occurs.

5.5/6.0 screw-rod system: Spinal internal fixation, double/single thread. Mature implant system with sterile or non-sterile packaging options.