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Patent Inventor Names
John M. Blumers0
Kirk J. Bailey0
Ryan Cameron Lakin0
Date of Patent
August 24, 2010
Patent Application Number
11775303
Date Filed
July 10, 2007
Patent Primary Examiner
Patent 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.
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