Patent ID: 6863689

Claim:
An intervertebral spacer having an osteoinductive securing surface element the intervertebral spacer comprising: a spacer body, said spacer body comprising at least one vertebral body contact element for securably mating with a concave surface of an adjacent vertebral body endplate; said vertebral body contact element comprising a flexible wire mesh; said flexible wire mesh being deformably reshapable under anatomical loads such that said flexible wire mesh conformably deflects within said concave surface to securably engage said vertebral body endplate; said flexible wire mesh having a side facing outwardly away from the spacer body and a side facing inwardly toward the spacer body; said flexible wire mesh further having a periphery and being secured the periphery to the spacer body such that a central portion of the flexible wire mesh is domed away from the spacer body such that a spacer exits between the spacer body and the side facing inwardly toward the spacer body at the central position.