Patent ID: 6805716
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
An orthopedic device set, comprising:a plurality of intervertebral spacer elements, each spacer element having a different axial thickness from each other element, the axial thicknesses being selected to increase by an increment from one element to another; and an instrument for holding ones of said intervertebral spacer elements, the instrument comprising a shaft having a distal end, a selectively grasping subassembly for alternatively rigidly holding each spacer element at the distal end so that the spacer element cannot move relative to the instrument, and releasing the spacer element; wherein each spacer element is cylindrical and includes an annular groove, such that each annular groove defines a central cylindrical axial core, the axial cores of each spacer element having equivalent diameters, and the holding instrument can engage each spacer element by its axial core.