Patent ID: 7615078
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for assembling a vertebral replacement device, comprising: sizing a first member for positioning in a spinal disc space with a first height between a first end surface and an opposite second end surface, the first height being sized to replace the spinal disc between endplates of adjacent vertebrae; providing a second member comprising an upper end including an upper end surface and a lower end including a lower end surface and a chamber extending through the upper and lower end surfaces, wherein the second member includes a second height at least as great as the first height; positioning the second end surface of the first member on one of the upper end surface and the lower end surface of the second member; and axially securing the first member on the second member with a flexible engaging member extending from the second member and releasably engaging the first member, wherein the assembled vertebral replacement device is sized to replace at least one vertebral body of a spinal column of a patient.