Patent ID: 9597194
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. An elongated intervertebral device anchor having a longitudinal axis and longitudinal sides, the anchor comprising: a device retaining end; a penetration end opposite the device retaining end along the longitudinal axis; a plate like body disposed between the retaining end and the penetrating end, the body having a rectangular cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis defining top and bottom surfaces that are wider than lateral side surfaces in the cross section, the plate like body comprising a curved section in which the top and bottom surfaces bend along the longitudinal axis, with the top surface being concave and the bottom surface being convex in said section; a first locking tab protruding from one of the lateral side surfaces disposed between the device retaining end and the penetration end; and teeth along at least a portion of each of the longitudinal sides of the anchor, the teeth configured to retain the anchor in a vertebra.