Patent ID: 8097037

Claim:
A method for correcting a spinal deformity, comprising: selecting two or more spinal implants from a plurality of spinal implants, each implant having a wedge-shaped configuration with a first side having a height that is greater than a height of a second opposite side, a difference in height between the first and second sides defining an angle; inserting the two or more selected spinal implants into two or more disc spaces formed between pairs of adjacent vertebrae at two or more levels of a spinal column located along a curvature in a coronal plane of the spinal column resulting from a deformity in the spinal column, each implant being disc-shaped such that it has a footprint that substantially matches a footprint of a vertebral endplate, and each disc space including a first lateral side located adjacent to a concave side of the curvature in the spinal column and a second lateral side located adjacent to a convex side of the curvature in the spinal column; and positioning the first side of each spinal implant adjacent the first lateral side of each disc space such that a height of the first lateral side of the disc space is greater than a height of the second lateral side of the disc space to correct the curvature in the coronal plane.