Patent ID: 7048762
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An elongated bone implant for use in lumbar spinal fusions, said elongated bone implant having a length of 20 mm to 26 mm, an overall width of approximately 7 mm to 12 mm and a height of between about 7.5 mm and 14.5 mm, said elongated bone implant comprising a section of bone that comprises a substantially planar upper surface and a substantially planar lower surface that is opposite said substantially planar upper surface, an anterior end and a posterior end opposite said anterior end, a first outer side wall extending the length of said implant and a second outer side wall opposite said first outer side wall, wherein said first outer side wall and said second outer side wall extend between said substantially planar upper surface and said substantially planar lower surface, and wherein said second outer side wall comprises either a concave surface or both linear and concave surfaces, said first outer side wall and said second outer side wall being elongated relative to said anterior end and said posterior end, said elongated implant being free of an intermedullary canal as a transverse cavity through the body of said elongated implant.