Patent ID: 8795367

Claim:
An implant comprising: a structure with: a top outer surface; a bottom outer surface; at least one of the top or bottom outer surface being configured to contact at least one vertebra of a pair of vertebrae when the structure is located in a disc space therebetween, the disc space being defined by the perimeter of the vertebrae; at least one interlocking opening at one or more of said outer surfaces, said interlocking opening having a portion with a width that diverges as the distance into said interlocking opening from said outer surface increases, and extending at least partially through said structure; a height sufficient when disposed in the disc space to increase the distance between the vertebra; and a first density; and a marker coupled with the interlocking opening of the structure, said marker having a second density different than said first density, the marker configured to be interlocked within the at least one interlocking opening to be retained therein, wherein the marker is configured facilitate detection of the location of the implant; and a rotatable plate wing rotatably coupled to the structure with a rotational plane that is orthogonal with at least one of the top outer surface or bottom outer surface, the wing having a cross-sectional profile in the rotational plane with a first dimension of the wing equal to or smaller than a dimension of the structure from the top outer surface to the bottom outer surface and an orthogonal second dimension of the wing larger than the dimension from the top outer surface to the bottom outer surface, wherein said implant is shaped and dimensioned such that when said structure is disposed intermediate said pair of vertebrae said wing is capable of being positioned inside said disc space when the first dimension of the wing is orthogonal with one of the first or second outer surfaces or outside said disc space when the second dimension of the wing is orthogonal with one of the first or second outer surfaces, and said wing includes fixation means to secure said wing to at least one of said vertebrae.