Patent ID: 9155630
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A spinal interbody fusion implant comprising a leading end, a trailing end, opposite first and second sides, a top, and a bottom, the trailing end having an impact rod fitting that is configured and adapted to be connected to an impact rod during implantation of the implant, the leading end and the trailing end being rigidly fixed to and skewed relative to the first and second sides in a manner such that the top and the bottom each have a nonadjustable perimeter shaped generally like a parallelogram, each of the top and the bottom being adapted to contact a vertebral body, the implant further comprising at least one opening that that is encircled by portions of the implant and that extends into the top of the implant and continues through and out of the bottom of the implant, each of the first and second sides and the leading and trailing ends of the implant having a maximum horizontal dimension, the horizontal dimensions of the first and second sides of the implant being greater than the horizontal dimensions of the leading and trailing ends of the implant.