Implant including egg-shaped internal architecture, and methods
A surgical implant includes an interior architecture including at least one ovate or egg-shaped bone contacting element. The at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element being defined by a first wall structure including a superior side portion, intermediate portions, and an inferior side portion. The superior side portion includes a top end defining a first arc radius and the inferior side portion includes a bottom end defining a second arc radius. The first arc radius is smaller than the second arc radius.
1 . A surgical implant comprising:
an interior architecture including at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element, the at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element being defined by a first wall structure including a superior side portion, intermediate portions, and an inferior side portion;
wherein the superior side portion includes a top end defining a first arc radius and the inferior side portion includes a bottom end defining a second arc radius, whereby the first arc radius is smaller than the second arc radius; and
wherein the at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element includes a height measured from the top end to the bottom end of the first wall structure and a width at a maximum distance measured directly across the intermediate portions, whereby the height is greater than the width.
2 . A surgical implant comprising:
an interior architecture including at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element, the at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element being defined by a first wall structure including a superior side portion, intermediate portions, and an inferior side portion;
wherein the superior side portion includes a top end defining a first arc radius and the inferior side portion includes a bottom end defining a second arc radius, whereby the first arc radius is smaller than the second arc radius; and
wherein the top end of the at least one egg-shaped bone contacting elements is capable of cutting into a surface of an upper vertebral end plate and the bottom end of the at least one egg-shaped bone contacting elements is capable of cutting into a surface of a lower vertebral end plate.
3 . A surgical implant comprising:
an interior architecture including at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element, the at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element being defined by a first wall structure including a superior side portion, intermediate portions, and an inferior side portion;
wherein the superior side portion includes a top end defining a first arc radius and the inferior side portion includes a bottom end defining a second arc radius, whereby the first arc radius is smaller than the second arc radius; and
wherein the interior architecture includes a plurality of egg-shaped bone contacting elements arranged in a three-dimensional structure, the plurality of egg-shaped bone contacting elements each including a superior side portion and an inferior side portion, whereby the superior side portions of the egg-shaped bone contacting elements form a domed superior contour surface and the inferior side portions of the egg-shaped bone contacting elements form a domed inferior contour surface, and the domed superior contour surface is shaped differently from the domed inferior contour surface.
4 . A surgical implant comprising:
an interior architecture including at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element, the at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element being defined by a first wall structure including a superior side portion including a top end, intermediate portions, and an inferior side portion including a bottom end;
wherein the at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element includes a height measured from the top end to the bottom end of the first wall structure and a width measured at a maximum distance directly across the intermediate portions, whereby the height is greater than the width; and
wherein the bottom end is broader compared to the top end.
5 . A surgical implant comprising:
an interior architecture including at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element, the at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element being defined by a first wall structure including a superior side portion including a top end, intermediate portions, and an inferior side portion including a bottom end;
wherein the at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element includes a height measured from the top end to the bottom end of the first wall structure and a width measured at a maximum distance directly across the intermediate portions, whereby the height is greater than the width; and
wherein the superior side portion of the at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element is capable of cutting into a surface of an upper vertebral end plate and the inferior side portion of the at least one egg-shaped bone contacting elements is capable of cutting into a surface of a lower vertebral end plate.
6 . A surgical implant comprising:
an interior architecture including at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element, the at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element being defined by a first wall structure including a superior side portion including a top end, intermediate portions, and an inferior side portion including a bottom end;
wherein the at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element includes a height measured from the top end to the bottom end of the first wall structure and a width measured at a maximum distance directly across the intermediate portions, whereby the height is greater than the width; and
wherein the interior architecture includes a plurality of egg-shaped bone contacting elements arranged in a three-dimensional structure, the plurality of egg-shaped bone contacting elements each including a superior side portion and an inferior side portion, whereby the superior side portions of the egg-shaped bone contacting elements form a domed superior contour surface and the inferior side portions of the egg-shaped bone contacting elements form a domed inferior contour surface, and the domed superior contour surface is shaped differently from the domed inferior contour surface.
7 . A surgical implant comprising:
an interior architecture including a plurality of egg-shaped bone contacting elements arranged in a three-dimensional structure, the plurality of egg-shaped bone contacting elements including a superior side portion and an inferior side portion;
wherein the superior side portion of the egg-shaped bone contacting elements form a domed superior contour surface and the inferior side portion of the egg-shaped bone contacting elements form a domed inferior contour surface; and
wherein the domed superior contour surface is shaped differently from the domed inferior contour surface.
8 . The surgical implant of claim 7 , wherein the superior side portion of at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element includes a top end defining a first arc radius and the inferior side portion of at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element includes a bottom end defining a second arc radius, whereby the first arc radius is smaller than the second arc radius.
9 . The surgical implant of claim 7 , wherein at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element defines a first wall structure that includes a top end on the superior side portion and a bottom end on the inferior side portion, and further defines a second wall structure that intersects the first wall structure and shares the top end and bottom end with the first wall structure.
10 . The surgical implant of claim 9 , wherein the first wall structure intersects substantially perpendicularly with respect to the second wall structure.
11 . The surgical implant of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of egg-shaped bone contacting elements includes intermediate portions, and wherein a height measured from a top end of the superior side portion to a bottom end of the inferior side portion and a width measured at a maximum distance directly across the intermediate portions, whereby the height is greater than the width.
12 . The surgical implant of claim 7 , wherein the superior side portion of the plurality of egg-shaped bone contacting elements is capable of cutting into a surface of an upper vertebral end plate and the inferior side portion of the plurality of egg-shaped bone contacting elements is capable of cutting into a surface of a lower vertebral end plate.
13 . A surgical implant comprising:
an interior architecture including at least one ovate-shaped bone contacting element, the at least one ovate-shaped bone contacting element being defined by a first wall structure including a superior side portion, intermediate portions, and an inferior side portion;
wherein the superior side portion includes a top end and the inferior side portion includes a bottom end and the bottom end is broader compared to the top end; and
wherein the superior side portion of the at least one ovate-shaped bone contacting element is capable of cutting into a surface of an upper vertebral end plate and the inferior side portion of the at least one ovate-shaped bone contacting element is capable of cutting into a surface of a lower vertebral end plate.