Patent ID: 7875076
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An intervertebral implant for insertion between an upper vertebra having an upper endplate and a lower vertebra having a lower endplate, the implant comprising: a body having a first lateral side surface, a second lateral side surface, a posterior face, an anterior face, an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper and lower surfaces being sized and configured to contact the upper and lower endplates, respectively, of the upper and lower vertebrae, the upper surface defining an upper plane and the lower surface defining a lower plane; a plate operatively coupled to the body, the plate having a plate top surface located generally on the upper plane and a plate lower surface located generally on the lower plane when the plate is coupled to the body so that the body has a first height extending between the upper surface and the lower surface and the plate has a second height extending between the plate top surface and the plate lower surface, the second height being generally equal to the first height, first and second boreholes passing through the plate, the first and second boreholes positioned between the upper and lower planes; and first and second bone screws each having a head and a shank, the first bone screw being sized and configured to extend through the first borehole and into the upper endplate, the second bone screw being sized and configured to extend through the second borehole and into the lower endplate to anchor the intervertebral implant to the upper and lower vertebrae and the heads of the first and second bone screws positioned between the upper and lower planes.