CPC A61F 2/4425 (2013.01) [A61F 2002/30405 (2013.01); A61F 2002/443 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. A vertebral implant device configured to alter an alignment of a spine, the vertebral implant device comprising:
a wedge having two or more opposing wedge tines;
a plate having an external surface configuration and two or more opposing plate tines;
a coupling device;
a staple having one or more staple tines;
the two or more opposing plate tines and the one or more staple tines are configured to frictionally engage a vertebral body;
the coupling device is configured to couple the wedge, the plate and the staple whereby when the vertebral implant device is secured in the vertebral body, the external surface configuration of the plate is configured to alter a relative orientation of a superior endplate surface plane and an inferior endplate surface plane of the vertebral body and is configured to alter the alignment of the spine; and
the two or more opposing wedge tines are configured to secure the two or more opposing plate tines whereby when the wedge, the plate and the staple are secured in the vertebral body, the two or more opposing wedge tines prevent a change in relative orientation of the two or more opposing plate tines with respect to each other.
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