Patent ID: 11865014
Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for stabilizing a spine comprising the steps of:
providing a surgical implant comprising:
an implant body sized to be implanted in a patient and adapted to be in contact with a bone of the patient, the implant body having a surface treated outer surface, the outer surface containing a plurality of primary cavities and a plurality of secondary cavities smaller than the primary cavities,
wherein the outer surface comprises recasted material adjacent to the primary cavities;
wherein the recasted material has an average height of 1-100 micrometers, the primary cavities have an average depth of 19-499 micrometers from a surface of the implant, and the secondary cavities have an average depth of 5 nanometers to 10 micrometers.
positioning the surgical implant on a portion of the spine.