Patent ID: 8690944

Claim:
An implantable device for maintaining a spatial relationship between first and second bone surfaces, the device comprising: a support body configured to be positioned into at least a portion of a space located between the first and second bone surfaces, the support body includes a longitudinal central axis, an upper surface, a lower surface, a trailing end, a first side, a second side and a leading end, the upper surface defining an upper plane, the leading end extending generally linearly between a first end and a second end, a recess extending into the support body from the trailing end proximate the longitudinal central axis; and a mounting strip including an opening, a leading side and a trailing side, the opening aligned with the recess along longitudinal axes of the opening and the recess when the mounting strip is connected to the trailing end of the support body with the leading side facing the support body, the opening and the recess configured to receive a screw member such that a shank of the screw member extends through the upper plane when the shank is positioned in the recess, a countersink formed at least partially in the support body and configured to receive a head portion of the screw member such that the head portion is positioned between a trailing end plane defined by the trailing side of the mounting strip and the leading end when the screw member is received in the opening and the recess.