Patent ID: 11944552
Assignee: NEXUS SPINE, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. An implant comprising:
a body adapted to be inserted into an interbody space between two vertebral bodies of a human spine, the body comprising:
a cranial surface adapted to rest against one of the vertebral bodies; and
a caudal surface adapted to rest against the other of the vertebral bodies;

an inserter-engagement opening formed in the body;
an anchor cavity with a pair of two-bladed anchors disposed therein; and
a flexible beam adapted to be flexibly displaced from a resting position by placement of one of the anchors within the implant, and wherein when said one of the anchors is deployed, the flexible beam returns to the resting position and prevents said one of the anchors from leaving its deployed position;
wherein the anchors are adapted to be deployable through slots in the cranial surface and in the caudal surface to engage with the vertebral bodies to fix the implant in the interbody space.