Patent ID: 8506635

Claim:
An implant for a spinal column, comprising: an elongated body positionable in a spinal disc space, said body comprising a first body member and a second body member, said first and second body members including an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein said first and second body members are movable between an expanded state and an unexpanded state; an expansion component sized and configured to be removably positioned within an interior cavity defined by said first and second body members when in said unexpanded state, said expansion component operable to cause said first and second body members to expand away from one another to said expanded state as said expansion component is removed from the elongated body; a first bracket, said first and second body members being movably connected with said first bracket via pins positioned in apertures in said first and second body members; and a second bracket movably connected with said first body and said second body and extending from a proximal end of said first body member to a proximal end of said second body member.