Patent ID: 7037339

Claim:
A modular implant for implantation between first and second adjacent vertebral bodies, the implant comprising: a first and a second structural element, each said element including a first end spaced apart from a second end by a side surface, and one or more recesses in the side surface, wherein the recesses comprise notches extending within the side surface from the first end, wherein in each structural element the first end is spaced apart from the second end by an inner side surface and an outer side surface, the recesses extending only partially from one end of each structural element and extending fully from the outer side surface to the inner side surface, of each structural element wherein the first and second structural elements are coupled by engaging one or more recesses and wherein, when implanted, the first end of each of the first and second structural elements engages one of the first and second vertebral bodies and the second end of each of the first and second structural elements engages the other of the first and second vertebral bodies.