Patent ID: 7309358

Claim:
A vertebral replacement device, comprising: a first member including a first end and an opposite second end positionable against an endplate of a vertebra, said first member defining a chamber extending between said first end and said second end; and a second member including a first end and a second end, wherein one of said first member and said second member includes a first receptacle formed in said first end thereof and opening laterally in a wall thereof, and the other of said first member and said second member includes a first extension extending from said first end thereof, wherein said first member is laterally positionable on said second member with said first extension being slidingly received and axially restrained in said first receptacle and engaging said first receptacle to resist axial and rotational displacement of said first member relative to said second member, wherein said first extension includes an enlarged outer end portion tapering toward said first end and said receptacle includes an enlarged inner portion receiving said enlarged outer end portion in dovetail fashion.