Patent ID: 7722675

Claim:
An orthopedic device set, comprising: a plurality of intervertebral spacers, each spacer having a different axial thickness from each other spacer, each spacer including a groove that defines a central axial core of the spacer, wherein the grooves of each of the spacers have the same dimensions; an instrument for holding ones of the intervertebral spacers by the axial core of the spacer, the instrument comprising a shaft having a longitudinal axis and a circular hook greater than a half of a circumference of a circle formed at a distal end and a notch formed in the hook, the center of the hook being substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis; and a selectively grasping subassembly for alternatively capturing the spacer in the hook by pushing the axial core in the hook and releasing the spacer by forcing out the axial core from the hook, the subassembly having a second hook, the second hook having a diameter larger than a diameter of the circular hook.