Intervertebral support device and related methods

An intervertebral support device for providing a corrected angle of spinal curvature upon positioning between adjacent vertebral bodies of a human spine, the intervertebral support device comprising:

• a body having an axis, opposing first and second end faces, and opposing top and bottom faces extending between the first and second end faces;
• said body having a tapered height decreasing from the first end face to the second end face, and the opposing first and second end faces being canted at respective angles from perpendicular to the axis of said body to thereby provide the corrected angle of spinal curvature upon positioning between adjacent vertebral bodies of the human spine.

A method for providing a corrected angle of curvature to a spine in a human patient, the method comprising:

• positioning an intervertebral support device between adjacent vertebral bodies in the spine and transverse to an imaginary vertical plane bisecting the spine and normal to the posterior thereof to thereby provide the corrected angle of spinal curvature.

A method for providing a corrected angle of curvature to a spine in a human patient, the method comprising:

• positioning an intervertebral support device between adjacent vertebral bodies in the spine, the intervertebral support device comprising a body having opposing first and second end faces, opposing top and bottom faces extending between the first and second end faces, and opposing side faces extending between the first and second end faces, a first diagonal direction defined between a first vertical corner at the first end face and a diagonally opposite second vertical corner at the second end face, and a second diagonal direction defined between a second vertical corner at the first end face and a diagonally opposite first vertical corner at the second end face;
• the body having a tapering height decreasing from the first end face to the second end face, and while also tapering more quickly in the first diagonal direction than the second diagonal direction, to thereby provide the corrected angle of spinal curvature upon positioning between adjacent vertebral bodies of the human spine.

A method for providing a corrected angle of curvature to a spine in a human patient, the method comprising:

• positioning an intervertebral support device between adjacent vertebral bodies in the spine, the intervertebral support device comprising a body having an axis, opposing first and second end faces, and opposing top and bottom faces extending between the first and second end faces;
• the body having a tapered height decreasing from the first end face to the second end face, and the opposing first and second end faces being canted at respective angles from perpendicular to the axis of the body to thereby provide the corrected angle of spinal curvature upon positioning between adjacent vertebral bodies of the human spine.