Patent ID: 7846210
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An interbody device for restoring disc space height between two vertebral bodies of adjacent vertebrae during a spinal fusion procedure, said interbody device comprising: a perimeter portion including a rim and an end connector; and a center plate member positioned within the perimeter portion, said center plate member extending along a central plane of the device between ends of the device, wherein the plate member and the perimeter portion define open areas on both sides of the plate member, said plate member including an edge proximate the end connector of the perimeter portion, and wherein the end connector is operable to receive a bone graft distribution instrument that provides bone graft material to the interbody device that is distributed by the edge to be deposited within the open areas on both sides of the plate member; wherein the device is radiolucent.