ANTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY

摘要

A system having an expandable intervertebral fusion implant assembly for insertion between two vertebrae bodies. The system includes an anterior lumbar interbody component having an upper component and a lower component, each having an inner and outer surface, pivotally connected through a hinge. A distracting component includes a wedge having a superior and inferior surface that inserts between the upper and lower components of the anterior lumbar interbody component. The outer surface of the upper and the lower component contact endplates of two adjacent vertebral bodies.