Patent ID: 8262712

Claim:
A medical implant interposable between a first bone and a second bone in order to support the first and second bones substantially joined one to the other, so as to obtain bony fusion of the first and second bones, the implant comprising: middle section having a first side and a second side; at least one first section having a first axis of extension extending from the first side of the middle section designed to be introduced into the first bone having a first means of fixing arranged to hold the implant in the first bone, the first means of fixing comprising a plurality of non-coplanar anchoring branches integral with the first section which are intended to create a built-in link between the implant and the first bone, each anchoring branch further having a divergent portion opened outward relative to the central axis and away from the middle section, each anchoring branch further having a convergent portion angled toward the central axis, each anchoring branch terminating in a free end; and, a second section extending from the second side of the middle section and having a second axis of extension designed to be introduced into the second bone and having a second means of fixing arranged to hold the implant in the second bone; wherein the anchoring branches are in a splayed configuration prior to implantation of the implant in the bones.