Patent ID: 7674294

Claim:
An end device for a vertebral implant comprising: a base having a bottom and a sidewall that extends from the bottom to form a receiving area; an opening in the sidewall that leads into the receiving area; a gate having a first end and a second end and a bottom surface and a top surface, the gate being attached to the sidewall and selectively positionable between an open orientation with the second end positioned clear of the opening and a closed orientation with the second end positioned at the opening with the gate extending across a section of the opening to prevent the implant from escaping from the receiving area, the top surface of the gate facing away from the bottom of the base when the gate is in the closed orientation; the gate configured with the top surface of the gate that is in the opening being exposed when the gate is in the closed orientation; and spikes that extend outward from a second face of the bottom.