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USD720071S1
USD720071S1 US29/363,109 US36310910F USD720071S US D720071 S1 USD720071 S1 US D720071S1 US 36310910 F US36310910 F US 36310910F US D720071 S USD720071 S US D720071S
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FIG. 1 is a side view of a vertebral implant of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a top view of the vertebral implant; and,
FIG. 3 is a front view of the vertebral implant.
Those portions shown in broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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  1. An ornamental design for a vertebral implant, as shown and described.
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