Patent ID: 8460385

Claim:
A fusion device comprising: a fusion member configured to position between first and second vertebral bodies, the fusion member comprising a first curved channel and a second curved channel; a first anchoring member configured to insert through the first curved channel and partially into the first vertebral body while a portion of the first anchoring member remains within the fusion member, in order to couple the fusion member with the first vertebral body; and a second anchoring member configured to insert through the second curved channel and partially into the second vertebral body while a portion of the second anchoring member remains within the fusion member, in order to couple the fusion member with the second vertebral body, wherein the first curved channel has a first cross-sectional plane along a first path that is traversed by the first curved channel through the fusion member and the second curved channel has a second cross-sectional plane along a second path that is traversed by the second curved channel through the fusion member, wherein the first and second cross-sectional planes are parallel to each other.