Patent ID: 7153303
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A device for contouring first and second vertebral members comprising: a guide sized to be positioned adjacent to the two vertebral members, the guide comprising a first guide surface and a second guide surface spaced a predetermined distance apart; a blade comprising a first arm and a second arm each with cutting edges on a distal end and each having a height greater than a guide height, the first arm and the second arm being spaced apart the predetermined distance, the first arm having a length less than the first guide surface and the second arm comprising a length less than the second guide surface for the blade to laterally move back and forth along the first guide surface and the second guide surface and axially through the first and second guide surfaces with the cutting edges contacting the first and second vertebral members to contour the first and second vertebral members; and a spacer extending outward from a rear face of the guide to space apart the first vertebral member and the second vertebral member, the spacer being positioned between the first guide surface and the second guide surface.