Patient-specific anterior plate implants

An implant system, comprising:

• a patient-specific interbody implant configured to be positioned between a superior vertebral endplate and an inferior vertebral endplate within a spinal column of a patient, wherein the patient-specific interbody implant includes—
• a first implant endplate having a first custom topography designed to mate with a first anatomical topography of the superior vertebral endplate, and
• a second implant endplate having a second custom topography designed to mate with a second anatomical topography of the inferior vertebral endplate,
• wherein the patient-specific interbody implant is sized and shaped to provide a preplanned anatomical correction to a spatial relationship between the superior vertebral endplate and the inferior vertebral endplate when the patient-specific interbody implant is positioned therebetween;
• and
• a positioning device configured to position the patient-specific interbody implant at a target position between the superior vertebral endplate and the inferior vertebral endplate for achieving the preplanned anatomical correction, wherein the positioning device includes—
• one or more contact surfaces configured to abut an anterior surface of the spinal column at and/or proximate to the superior vertebral endplate and/or the inferior vertebral endplate, and
• an extension releasably coupleable to the patient-specific interbody implant and configured to extend at least partially between the superior vertebral endplate and the inferior vertebral endplate when the one or more contact surfaces abut with the anterior surface of the spinal column to direct the patient-specific interbody implant to the target position.