Patent ID: 7976566
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for implantation at least in part in the disc space between naturally adjacent vertebral bodies, comprising: at least two devices adapted to be fixedly attached to one another within the same disc space, each of said devices including surfaces for contacting the endplates of each of the adjacent vertebral bodies, and each of said devices having an end wall, said end wall defining a recess therein, and a threaded opening therethrough; a connection member configured to be received within said recess of each of said devices to thereby connect said devices, wherein said connection member includes a through hole; and a fastener for securing said connection member to at least one of said devices, said fastener being received in said through hole of said connection member and said threaded opening of said at least one of said devices.