Patent ID: 8425603

Claim:
An orthopedic implant configured to be anchored into boney tissue, the implant including: an endplate configured to be inserted into the boney tissue along a longitudinal forward direction, the endplate presenting a bone contacting surface, and a keel extending out from the bone contacting surface and configured to be disposed in a slot formed into the boney tissue, the keel including a base that extends out from the bone contacting surface, a keel body supported by the base, and a wing extending in a longitudinal rearward direction from the keel body, the wing spaced from the base in a transverse direction that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal forward direction by a void, the keel body having a side wall that faces the boney tissue that defines the slot, the wing including a flared portion with an outer surface that is configured to contact the boney tissue that defines the slot, the outer surface extending outward in a lateral direction that is angularly offset to both the longitudinal forward direction and the transverse direction relative to the side wall.