Patent ID: 8945221
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An anterior lumbar interbody graft comprising: a cylindrical, wedge-shaped, single-piece, unitary graft body having a top surface, a bottom surface, side surfaces extending between the top and bottom surfaces, first and second thicknesses of the graft body between the top and bottom surfaces at respective, opposite side surfaces of the graft body, the second thickness being less than the first thickness; a hole through the graft body between the top and bottom surfaces, the hole having a diameter; and two recesses formed in both the top surface and in the bottom surface, the two top surface recesses extending in opposite directions from the hole to corresponding opposite side surfaces of the side surfaces extending between the top and bottom surfaces, and the two bottom surface recesses extending in opposite directions from the hole to corresponding opposite side surfaces of the side surfaces extending between the top and bottom surfaces; wherein each recess of the two top surface recesses and the two bottom surface recesses comprises a first width adjacent to the hole having the same size as the hole diameter, and a second width at the corresponding side surface remote from the hole being larger than the first width.