CPC A61F 2/4601 (2013.01) [A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2/447 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30556 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4625 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4631 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A method for packing an implant with graft material, comprising:
providing the implant having an internal cavity;
selectively packing a first region of the internal cavity with graft material, wherein when packing the first region with graft material a second region of the internal cavity remains absent of graft material;
inserting the selectively packed implant between first and second vertebral bodies;
subsequent to the inserting step, supplying additional bone graft material into the second region of the internal cavity; and prior to the selectively packing step, receiving the implant, by a block having a projection, wherein the projection is received through an opening into the internal cavity such that the projection occupies the second region of the internal cavity.
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