Patent ID: 7435261

Claim:
A custom fitted implant, comprising a material from the group consisting of titanium alloys, stainless steel or resorbable polymers, for use in a corpectomy surgical procedure and implantation into a surgically created corpectomy cavity such that said custom fitted implant extends along a vertical axis between a superior side and an inferior side of said corpectomy cavity; said custom fitted implant, comprising: a vertical span of consecutively joined receptacles into which osteogenic substances are packed before completion of said corpectomy surgical procedure, and wherein each consecutively joined receptacle further comprises: a) a first generally trapezoidal shaped divider; b) a first support connected to said first generally trapezoidal shaped divider and extending in opposite directions from said first generally trapezoidal shaped divider, wherein said first corner support is angled at about ninety degrees to simultaneously connect with a first lateral side and a short side of said trapezoidal shaped divider; c) a second support connected to said first generally trapezoidal shaped divider and extending in opposite directions from said first generally trapezoidal shaped divider, wherein said second corner support is angled at about ninety degrees to simultaneously connect with a second lateral side opposite said first lateral side and said short side of said trapezoidal shaped divider; d) a first set of superior and inferior apertures between said first set of corner supports and said second set of corner supports, such that, prior to addition of osteogenic substances to said custom fitted implant, a surgeon can see through said first set of superior and inferior apertures; e) a third support connected to said first generally trapezoidal shaped divider, extending in opposite directions from said first lateral side of said first generally trapezoidal shaped divider and distal from said first corner support; f) a fourth support connected to said first generally trapezoidal shaped divider, extending in opposite directions from said second lateral side of said first generally trapezoidal shaped divider and distal from said second corner support; g) a first brake attached to a first long side of said trapezoidal shaped divider, wherein said first brake extends laterally outward from said first lateral side of said trapezoidal shaped divider; and h) a second set of superior and inferior apertures between said third and said fourth supports, such that, prior to addition of osteogenic substances to said custom fitted implant, a surgeon can see through said second set of superior and inferior apertures, wherein said first and said second sets of superior and inferior apertures range in cross-sectional area of from about 36 millimeters 2 to about 225 millimeters 2 .