Patent ID: 11857434
Assignee: X-SPINE SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 23:
24. An implant comprising:
an implant member adapted to be received in an implant receiving area between a first bone and a second bone, wherein said implant member is an integral one-piece construction, said implant member comprising a first wall comprising two apertures wherein each aperture of the two apertures is adapted to receive one screw having a screw body comprising a screw head and a threaded portion, wherein a top surface of the screw head extends transverse to a longitudinal axis of said threaded portion of the screw, said implant member having a first bone-engaging surface and a second bone-engaging surface opposite to the first bone-engaging surface, said implant surface having an imaginary plane lying midway between said first bone-engaging surface and said second bone-engaging surface;
said first wall of said implant member comprising two arms extending from said first wall, and wherein each arm of said two arms comprises a detent comprising an inner surface, wherein the inner surface is associated with said top surface of said screw head after said screw is received in each aperture of said two apertures, said detent being adapted to retain said screw in each aperture of said two apertures, wherein each arm of said two arms comprises a generally elongated portion, the generally elongated portion defining an arm axis,
each arm of said two arms being flexible, resilient or elastic, wherein said two arms diverge away from each other as each arm of said two arms project from a respective attachment area to said implant member where said two arms are attached to said implant member by either a coupling or are integrally formed with said implant member, and wherein said attachment area of each arm of said two arms being situated between each aperture of said two apertures, and
wherein each aperture of said two apertures comprises an aperture axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of said screw received in each aperture of said two apertures, said arm axis of each arm of said two arms being generally parallel to said longitudinal axis of said screw received in each aperture of said two apertures.