Patent ID: 11969356
Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A method for inserting an intervertebral implant into a disc space between a first vertebral body and a second vertebral body, the method comprising the steps of:
coupling the intervertebral implant to an insertion instrument, wherein the intervertebral implant includes a spacer portion having a leading end and a trailing end, and a plate portion coupled to the trailing end;
forming a passageway to the disc space;
inserting the spacer portion into the disc space along an insertion direction defined from the trailing end to the leading end;
inserting a first cylindrical securement member into the first vertebral body, wherein the first cylindrical securement member is supported by the plate portion after the step of inserting the first cylindrical securement member has been completed; and
inserting a second cylindrical securement member into the second vertebral body, wherein the second cylindrical securement member is supported by the plate portion after the step of inserting the second cylindrical securement member has been completed,
wherein an entirety of the first cylindrical securement member is spaced superiorly from a superior-most portion of the spacer portion, and an entirety of the second cylindrical securement member is spaced inferiorly from an inferior-most portion of the spacer portion, and
wherein no portion of the spacer portion is disposed superior of the superior-most portion of the spacer portion, and no portion of the spacer portion is disposed inferior of the inferior-most portion of the spacer portion.