Patent ID: 7018415
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A spinal implant positionable in an intervertebral disc space between adjacent vertebral bodies in a spine and comprising: a first cam having a substantially planar face and an extension extending along an axis substantially perpendicular to said face; a first member for contacting an endplate of one of the adjacent vertebral bodies, the first member having a first surface, at least a portion of the first surface being in physical contact with a portion of the first cam; a second member for contacting an endplate of the other of the adjacent vertebral bodies, the second member having a second surface, at least a portion of the second surface being in physical contact with a portion of the first cam, wherein the first cam is capable of causing one of the first member and the second member to move apart from the other of the first and second member without the first cam undergoing substantial translational displacement; a second cam; a third member for contacting the endplate of the one of the adjacent vertebral bodies, the third member having a third surface, at least a portion of the third surface being in physical contact with a portion of the second cam; a fourth member for contacting the endplate of the other of the adjacent vertebral bodies, the fourth member having a fourth surface, at least a portion of the fourth surface being in physical contact with a portion of the second cam; and an elongate member extending intermediate the first cam and the second cam, the elongate member having a first end region attached to one of the first cam and the second cam and a second end region attached to the other of the first cam and the second cam.