Assembly comprising an implant for replacing a vertebral body and a spinal distraction tool

1. Assembly comprising:

an implant intended to replace all or part of a vertebral body of a damaged vertebra, having a central part comprising a bone graft and/or a tubular cage with a solid or perforated wall; two plates which are arranged at ends of said central part and having flat outer faces intended to come into contact with a vertebral plateaus of a healthy vertebrae enclosing the damaged vertebra and are each provided with a slot, and

a spinal distraction device, having: two blades which face each other and each having a flat outer face intended to come into contact with the vertebral plateau of the healthy vertebra, said blades each being connected to a rack via a sinuous portion, said sinuous portion being configured to form an offset between said blades and a central part to permit free access to space posterior to said blades; said central part being traversed by said racks and enclosing a pinion having teeth in contact with said racks in such a way that a rotation of said pinion causes said blades to move toward or away from each other, and means for controlling said pinion in rotation,

wherein said slots are each designed to receive said blades, a width of these slots corresponding to widths of these blades, but a depth of these slots being greater than or equal to a thickness of said blades.

2. Assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the outer faces of the blades are parallel.

3. Assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the outer faces of said plates are parallel.

4. Assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the outer faces of said blades form an angle corresponding to an angle of lordosis or kyphosis of the spine.

5. Assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the outer faces of said plates form an angle corresponding to a lordosis or kyphosis of the spine.

6. Assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said plates have apertures.

7. Assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said central part and said plates form a single piece.

8. Assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said plates are attached and fixed to said central part.

9. Assembly according to claim 8 , wherein said plates have threaded holes for engagement of screws for ensuring connection to said central part.

10. Assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said control means comprise a tool that is able to cooperate with said pinion in a movable manner.

11. Assembly according to claim 10 , further comprising a pin passing through said pinion and permitting engagement of this pinion with said tool.

12. Assembly according to claim 10 , further comprising surfaces formed at one end of said pinion and permitting engagement of this pinion with said tool.

13. Device for assembling an implant that forms part of an assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising a base provided with a seat, of which an end is a fixed wall which on a face directed toward the seat has a horizontal crosspiece with a width corresponding to that of a slot of the implant, and of which another end is a rod movable along a longitudinal axis of the seat and having, on its face directed toward the seat, a crosspiece with a width corresponding to that of a slot of the implant, said crosspieces facing each other.

14. Tool forming part of an assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising a rod provided at one end with a handled and at another end with a bushing whose internal spaced is designed to engage, without possible rotation, with a posterior face of the central part of the distraction device, said rod enclosing an inner rod which can be controlled so as to turn about its longitudinal axis and can be blocked in rotation and, at its end, has means for engaging it with the pinion.