Rotating, locking intervertebral disk stabilizer and applicator

A spinal stabilizer and applicator comprising:

• an elongate implant having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape with a minimal height defined by first and second sides and a maximal width defined by third and fourth sides, the third and fourth sides being arched from one end of the implant to the other;
• a lock detachably mounted on said implant having a bearing surface formed thereon for bearing against the adjacent vertebrae;
• a bore for receiving a bolt therein for mounting said lock to one end of the implant to prevent rotation of the implant in the disk space when the implant is inserted into the disk space and rotated so that the third and fourth sides of the implant and the bearing surface of said lock contact the adjacent vertebrae;
• a key formed on the lock;
• a keyway formed on the first and second sides of said implant for receiving said key therein, said keyway having a mouth wider than the width of said key and funnel-shaped portions the width of which decreases from the width of the mouth of said keyways to the width of said keyways;
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• an applicator detachably mounted to said implant comprised of an elongate handle and a head, said head having prongs formed thereon shaped to fit into the funnel-shaped portions of said keyways.