Patent ID: 8709085
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An intervertebral implant configured to be inserted into an intervertebral space, the intervertebral implant comprising: (a) a one-piece body defining a front body surface, a rear body surface opposite the front body surface, an upper body surface, a lower body surface spaced from the upper body surface in a vertical direction, a left side surface, and a right side surface spaced from the left side surface in a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the vertical direction, the body further defining at least a section of the upper body surface that is continuous along a straight line in the lateral direction from the left side surface to the right side surface, (b) a plate comprising a biocompatible non-bone material, the plate defining a front plate surface, a rear plate surface opposite the front plate surface, an upper plate surface, a lower plate surface opposite the upper plate surface, at least one plate hole having a first opening in the front plate surface, and a recess having a second opening in the front plate surface, the first opening and the second opening being open to each other, the plate configured such that when the intervertebral implant is inserted into the intervertebral space each of the upper plate surface and the lower plate surface is disposed within the intervertebral space from the front plate surface to the rear plate surface, (c) at least one bone fixation element configured to be inserted in a first direction through the at least one plate hole and into the endplate of a respective one of the first and second vertebral bodies; and (d) a securing element configured to be inserted into the recess, such that the securing element at least partially covers the first opening to prevent the at least one bone fixation element from exiting the at least one plate hole in a second direction opposite the first direction once the at least one bone fixation element has been driven into the at least one plate hole.