Patent ID: 8758439

Claim:
An implant support device adapted for use with succeeding spinal vertebrae, said device comprising: a flattened disk having a specified shape and size and which is adapted to being inserted between opposing surfaces of the succeeding vertebrae; a first pair of legs extending from a three dimensional portion integrally formed along an edge of said disk, said first pair of legs each exhibiting multi-axial flexibility in order to conform in extending fashion over a contoured surface of a first of the succeeding vertebrae, said legs each terminating in a fastener adapted to engaging a location associated with the first vertebra; a second pair of legs extending from said three dimensional portion in directions opposite said first pair of legs, said second pair of legs each exhibiting multi-axial flexibility in order to conform in extending fashion over a contoured surface of a second of the succeeding vertebrae, said second legs each terminating in a fastener adapted to engaging a location associated with the second vertebrae; each of said first and second pairs of legs further having a spherical shaped end opposite said fastener end, said spherical shaped ends resistively fitting within a spherical shaped socket defined in communicating fashion with surface locations of said three dimensional portion, said spherical ends facilitating motion between the vertebrae concurrent with cushioning the inner opposing surfaces of the first and second vertebrae.