There is provided an intervertebral spinal disk implantable between spinal
vertebrae and a method for assembling the intervertebral spinal disk. The
implantable spinal disk comprises an external shell that including a pair
of sidewalls, a back wall, a front wall, a top surface and a bottom
surface forming a compartment therebetween, the top surface including a
first opening of a first dimension and the bottom surface including a
second opening of a second dimension. The implantable spinal disk further
comprises a first endplate including a first base portion of a dimension
greater than the first dimension of the first opening and disposed in the
compartment, a first top portion of a dimension approximately the
dimension of the first opening and disposed in the second opening, and at
least one first attachment device protruding through the opening and
adapted to penetrate into a first vertebra. Yet further, the implantable
spinal disk comprises a second endplate including a second base portion
of a dimension greater than the second dimension of the second opening
and disposed in the compartment, a second top portion of a dimension
approximately the dimension of the second opening and disposed in the
second opening, and at least one second attachment device protruding
through the second opening and adapted to penetrate into a second
vertebra. Lastly, the implantable spinal disk comprises a core internal
component disposed in the compartment between the first endplate and the
second endplate.