Patent ID: 9358122
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. An interbody spacer comprising: a connecting portion; a pair of leg portions extending from the connecting portion, the connecting portion and the pair of leg portions defining top and bottom surfaces configured and adapted to engage first and second vertebral bodies, respectively, and inner and outer sidewalls extending between the top and bottom surfaces, wherein the top and bottom surfaces of the leg portions include first projections defining a first angle with the respective top and bottom surfaces of the leg portions, and the top and bottom surfaces of the connecting portion include second projections defining a second angle with the respective top and bottom surfaces of the connecting portion, the first and second angles being different, wherein the outer sidewall includes third projections configured to engage with a contact support of a surgical tool, the third projections located on an outer surface of the outer sidewall; and a pair of apertures located on a proximal portion of the connecting portion and extending therethrough, the pair of apertures separated by a dividing wall that defines a recess, the recess located on the connecting portion and laterally spaced from outer surfaces of the pair of legs, the pair of apertures dimensioned such that the dividing wall may be grasped by a surgical tool, wherein each aperture of the pair of apertures is adjacent to and in communication with the other aperture of the pair of apertures, and the inner and outer sidewalls have an arcuate profile.