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Paragraph Number

94

If the expandable intervertebral implant is embodied as the expandable intervertebral implant 300 of Figures 3A-3D and 5A, 5B having a first wall 350 with a first mesh 360, a second wall 352 with a second mesh 362, an upper plate 110 that includes an upper mesh 370, and a lower plate 120 having lower mesh 380, insertion of the screw member 400 into the opening 150 deforms the first mesh 360, the second mesh 362, the upper mesh 370, and the lower mesh 380. In such an embodiment, the screw member 400 can have a cross-sectional diameter that is greater than a height and/or a width of the opening 150. The first mesh 360, the second mesh 362, the upper mesh 370, and the lower mesh 380 deform, at least in part, because the cross-sectional diameter of the screw member 400 is greater than the height and/or the width of the opening 150.

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