Patent ID: 8900309

Claim:
An implant comprising: a sagittal midline; a body for holding graft material therein; a superior surface comprising a fixed non-zero slope relative to the sagittal midline; and an inferior surface comprising a fixed non-zero slope relative to the sagittal midline that is different from the fixed non-zero slope of the superior surface and wherein the inferior surface and the superior surface slope away from the sagittal midline at different rates, and wherein at least one of the superior and inferior surfaces comprises a plurality of teeth on a medial side and a lateral side of the implant, wherein the teeth on the medial side of the implant have parallel longitudinal axes that are at a non-ninety degree angle with a medial-lateral midline of the implant, the longitudinal axes of the teeth on the medial side defined by apex edges of the teeth on the medial side; wherein the teeth on the lateral side of implant have parallel longitudinal axes that are at a non-ninety degree angle with the medial-lateral midline of the implant, the longitudinal axes of the teeth on the lateral side defined by apex edges of the teeth on the lateral side; and wherein the longitudinal axis of each tooth on the medial side intersects at the medial-lateral midline with a corresponding longitudinal axis of a corresponding tooth on the lateral side of the implant so as to form V-shaped intersections; wherein a leading edge of a posterior portion of the implant device comprises a first notch and wherein the implant further comprises second and third notches adjacent to the first notch of the leading edge of the posterior portion of the implant device on opposite sides of the first notch, the second and third notches configured to limit tissue compression against nerve roots in a vertebral disc space.