Patent ID: 8771321
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for loading a first spinal implant with fusion promoting substances into an implantation space between adjacent vertebral bodies of a body of a patient, the method comprising: utilizing an implant holder having a first passage therethrough; inserting a guard through the body of the patient into position adjacent the implantation space, the guard including a second passage for providing protected access through the body to the implantation space; attaching a first end of the implant holder to the first implant; advancing the implant holder and the first implant through the second passage in the guard; positioning the first implant into the implantation space using the implant holder; and after the positioning of the first implant and before disengagement of the first implant from the implant holder, passing the fusion promoting substances through the first passage of the implant holder into the first implant.