Patent ID: 8439950

Claim:
An implant locatable between adjacent vertebral processes of vertebrae of a vertebral column to separate adjacent vertebrae from each other, the implant comprising: at least two implant parts, wherein the two implant parts are connectable and pivotable by a joint, and wherein the two implant parts are pivotable relative to one another in a pivoting plane from an insertion position to a stabilizing position between adjacent vertebrae, each of the two implant parts comprising a front projection and a rear projection between which the joint is located, wherein, in the insertion position, the two front projections are adjacent each other to be insertable into a space between the adjacent vertebrae, and wherein, in the stabilizing position, the two front projections are locatable on one side of the vertebral column laterally adjacent to the adjacent vertebrae and the two rear projections are locatable on an opposite side of the vertebral column laterally adjacent to the adjacent vertebrae, and wherein the two implant parts are pivotable from the insertion position to the stabilizing position by applying a force to the two rear projections in a pivoting direction such that the front projections spread open from one another and the rear projections close towards one another, wherein each of the two implant parts have an essentially V-shaped design having a middle vertex area, wherein the two vertex areas are arranged facing each other when the two implant parts are connected, wherein each of the two implant parts have joint areas forming the joint which are integrated in the respective implant parts and provide bearing surfaces which roll on each other, wherein one joint area comprises a laterally projecting protuberance and the other joint area comprises an indentation receiving the protuberance, wherein the two implant parts are connectable by rotation in the pivoting plane and, when connected, are engaged with securing means which inhibit separation of the two implant parts in the pivoting plane except in an assembly position, wherein the two implant parts are connectable in the pivoting plane by a positioning of the two implant parts in the assembly position wherein a pivot pin of one of the implants is aligned with a receiving eye of the other one of the implants such that the pivot pin is laterally insertable into a lateral opening in the receiving eye by a lateral movement of at least one of the implants towards the other implant in the pivoting plane; and wherein, once the pivot pin is in the receiving eye, the two implant parts are inhibited from lateral separation in the pivoting plane by engagement of the pivot pin and receiving eye except in the assembly position.