Patent ID: 7074240

Claim:
A vertebral disk stabilizer for allowing adjacent vertebrae to flex forwardly and extend rearwardly comprising: a first vertebral bracket having a vertebrae contact side, an opposing interlocking side, a front end, a rear end, and an attachment plate for attachment to a first of said adjacent vertebrae; a second vertebral bracket having a vertebrae contact side, an opposing interlocking side, a front end, a rear end, and an attachment plate for attachment to a second of said adjacent vertebrae; and a separate intervertebral disk member having a front end and a rear end and only one interlocking member on said front end of said disk member interlocking said interlocking side of said first vertebral bracket at said front end of said first vertebral bracket with said front end of said disk member and only one interlocking member on said rear end of said disk member interlocking said interlocking side of said second vertebral bracket at said rear end of said second vertebral bracket with said rear end of said disk member.