Patent ID: 8062373
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An implant comprising: a first member comprising: a second member that is pivotal with respect to the first member, comprising: wherein the first beam of the first member and the first beam of the second member define a first contact surface that contacts the endplate of a first vertebral body; wherein the second beam of the first member and the second beam of the second member define a second contact surface that contacts the endplate of a second vertebral body; wherein the implant is deployable, when positioned within a vertebral space between the first and second vertebral bodies, from a first non-expanded condition where the first contact surface has a first effective footprint area A wherein the first, second, third and fourth posts are length variable in response to a load put on the implant by the first and second vertebral bodies after deployment of the implant.