Structurally encoded spinal implant device

1. A spinal implant device identifiable after implantation, comprising:

an outer cage member comprising a first vertebra end and a second vertebra end configured for implantation between adjacent vertebrae; and

an implant body disposed between said first vertebra end and said second vertebra end and defining a plurality of planes, wherein each of said planes comprises separately readable indicia such that said indicia are discernible in three dimensions by at least one of x-ray, fluoroscopy, computed tomography, electromagnetic radiation, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging and further wherein said indicia comprises error correction coding.

2. The implant device of claim 1 , wherein said implant body comprises a rod.

3. The implant device of claim 2 , wherein said rod comprises a tantalum rod.

4. The implant device of claim 1 , wherein said outer cage member comprises allograft bone.

5. The implant device of claim 1 , wherein said indicia include an array of voids on or in a corresponding plane of said implant body.

6. The implant device of claim 1 , wherein said indicia include an array of embedded markers on or in a corresponding plane of said implant body, said embedded markers comprising a modulation of material composition such that a first material composition of at least one first embedded marker is different than a second material composition of at least one second embedded marker.

7. The implant device of claim 1 , wherein said indicia include an array of embedded markers on or in a corresponding plane of said implant body, said embedded markers comprising a modulation of material density such that a first material density of at least one first embedded marker is different than a second material density of at least one second embedded marker.

8. The implant device of claim 1 , wherein said indicia include a first array of embedded markers on or in a first plane of said implant body and a second array of embedded markers on or in a second plane of said implant body, said first array comprising a first embedded marker having a first material composition different than a second material composition of a second embedded marker disposed in said second array.

9. The implant device of claim 1 , wherein said error correction coding comprises a Hamming code.

10. An implant device identifiable after implantation, comprising:

a readable portion;

a main portion; and

a plate structure comprised of an internal plane having a two dimensional array of embedded markers, wherein said embedded markers comprise error correction coding.

11. The implant device of claim 10 , wherein the readable portion is disposed on the main portion.

12. The implant device of claim 10 , wherein the readable portion is integral with the main portion.

13. The implant device of claim 10 , wherein the plate structure has a first density, and further wherein the embedded markers are internal volumes having a second density that is different from the first density.

14. The implant device of claim 10 , wherein the embedded markers are voids.

15. An implant device identifiable after implantation, comprising:

a readable portion;

a main portion; and

a series of internal planes each having a two dimensional array of embedded markers, wherein said series of internal planes with the two dimensional array of embedded markers form a three dimensional array of embedded markers and further wherein said embedded markers comprise error correction coding.

16. The implant device of claim 15 , wherein the readable portion is either disposed on the main portion or integral with the main portion.

17. The implant device of claim 15 , wherein the implant device has a first density, and further wherein the embedded markers are internal volumes having a second density that is different from the first density.

18. The implant device of claim 15 , wherein the embedded markers are voids.