Patent ID: 7550011

Claim:
A method of loading osteogenic material onto a fusion device, comprising: providing a fusion device having a predetermined size and shape including a length and a width, the fusion device having a central portion extending between opposite end portions, the central portion extending along the length of the fusion device and defining a cavity; inserting the fusion device having the predetermined size and shape into a cavity of a packing device that includes an access port, in which the fusion device has an outside; providing the osteogenic material through the access port and onto the fusion device, said providing including packing the osteogenic material around the outside of the fusion device and into the cavity defined by the central portion of the fusion device; coupling the packing device to a cannula in which a passage of the cannula is aligned with the cavity of the packing device; sliding the fusion device into the passage of the cannula after said providing; and removing the packing device from the cannula after said sliding.