Patent ID: 8961605
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A spinal implant comprising: a first body portion having a top surface configured and dimensioned to engage a first vertebra and a bottom surface configured and dimensioned to engage a second vertebra and a first body portion central opening extending therethrough along a first central longitudinal axis, a second body portion having a top surface configured and dimensioned to engage the first vertebra and a bottom surface configured and dimensioned to engage the second vertebra and a second body portion central opening extending therethrough along a second central longitudinal axis, the first body portion and the second body portion connected together at an articulating junction such that the first body portion and the second body portion articulate about an axis that is substantially perpendicular to at last one of the top and bottom surface of the first body portion, the first body portion and the second body portion assuming a first position substantially aligned with each other along the first and second central longitudinal axes and with the first body portion central opening and the second body portion central opening aligned along the first and second central longitudinal axes, and a second position with the first body portion and second body portion disposed at an angle relative to each other, wherein the first body portion central opening and the second body portion central opening are configured and dimensioned to receive a wire, wherein the first body portion central opening has a first tapered opening adjacent to the articulating junction and the second body portion central opening has a second tapered opening adjacent to the first tapered opening and articulating junction.