Patent ID: 8540769
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A spinal implant for being secured between adjacent vertebrae, the spinal implant comprising: an implant body configured for insertion between adjacent vertebral bodies, the implant body including an upper surface, a lower surface and a cavity between the upper and lower surfaces; a rotatable portion including a wall having a first top surface, a second bottom surface and substantially parallel side surfaces therebetween, the rotatable portion being configured for rotation between an insertion orientation and an implanted orientation; and a bone piercing portion of the rotatable portion attached to and extending from one of the side surfaces of the wall and having a leading distal end such that in the insertion orientation the leading distal end is disposed in the cavity and when the rotatable portion is rotated to the implanted orientation, the leading distal end is shifted out of the cavity beyond one of the upper and lower surfaces for penetrating the surface of one of the vertebral bodies.