Lumbar and cervical interbody or intervertebral devices for implantation
between adjacent vertebrae of a spine and/or within intermediary canals
of long bones are characterized by a body defining a superior end and an
inferior end whose surfaces have serrations or teeth thereon forming
anti-backout structures that allow implantation of the body but inhibit
removal or backing out therefrom. The one-way structures may extend from
the anterior end to the posterior end. The one-way structures may take
different shapes but are always configured to allow insertion of the
interbody device in an anterior-first manner while preventing and/or
inhibiting the interbody device from backing out posteriorly. The various
interbody devices may be further characterized by a body defining a
cavity that is in communication with the superior and inferior ends of
the body and at least one lateral side thereof via openings in the body.
Undercuts are formed in the body about the adjacent the openings in order
to support bony ingrowth within the void.