SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIZING, INSERTING AND SECURING AN IMPLANT INTERVERTEBRAL SPACE

摘要

A prosthetic spinal implant having a deployable securing mechanism that is deployable into aportion of the vertebral space for affixing the implant between the vertebrae, the securing mechanism comprising a surface for transmitting tactile feedback during deployment of the securing mechanism. A spinal implant having a deployable securing mechanism that interfaces with the implant to prevent the deployable securing mechanism from retracting after deployment. An implant that utilizes its resilient properties to provide the user with tactile feedback with which the user may ascertain the position of the securing mechanism. A system and tools for sizing and implanting implants with the aforementioned characteristics.