Patent ID: 6974480

Claim:
A kit for implanting an intervertebral implant into an affected disc space of a patient via a posterior approach through a transforaminal window comprising: an implant having curved, substantially parallel posterior and anterior faces separated by a pair of convex narrow ends, superior and inferior faces for contacting upper and lower vertebral endplates, at least one depression in the anterior or posterior face for engagement by an insertion tool, at least two vertical through-channels extending through the implant from the superior face to the inferior face, each vertical through-channel having a width and adjacent walls on a posterior side of the vertical through-channel and an anterior side of the vertical through channel, wherein the walls on the posterior and anterior sides of the width of the vertical through-channels of the implant have a thickness greater than the width of the vertical through channels, and a chamfer on the superior and inferior faces at one of the convex narrow ends; and an insertion tool for holding the implant during insertion, wherein the arcuate implant configuration and the chamfer at the convex narrow end facilitate insertion of the implant via the transforaminal window.