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One general aspect can include an expandable intervertebral implant that may have an upper plate that may have an upper lattice, a first upper side, and a second upper side, a lower plate that may have a lower lattice, a first lower side and a second lower side, a first lattice that connects the first upper side of the upper plate to the first lower side of the lower plate, a second lattice that connects the second upper side of the upper plate to the second lower side of the lower plate, an opening having internal threads about a longitudinal axis between the upper plate, the lower plate, the first lattice, and the second lattice, and a screw member that may have a shank that may have threads that engage the internal threads within the opening, the screw member having a diameter such that rotation of the screw member about the longitudinal axis separates the upper plate from the lower plate by deforming the first lattice and the second lattice and separates the first lattice from the second lattice by deforming the upper lattice and the lower lattice.

Added by DJM 2 2021