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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2007
Ryan Cameron Lakin, Newton, NJ (US);
Kirk J. Bailey, Blairstown, NJ (US);
John M. Blumers, Mendham, NJ (US);
Ryan Cameron Lakin, Newton, NJ (US);
Kirk J. Bailey, Blairstown, NJ (US);
John M. Blumers, Mendham, NJ (US);
EBI, LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Abstract
An implantation apparatus for preparing adjacent vertebral bodies to receive an intervertebral implant including a plurality of keels. The implantation apparatus includes an elongated handle portion, and a template portion carried at a distal end of the handle portion substantially perpendicularly to the handle portion. The template portion defines a plurality of open channels corresponding in position and shape of the plurality of keels. Each channel is positioned and shaped for preparing a vertebral opening to receive a corresponding keel.