Patent ID: 11857438
Assignee: SIMPLIFY MEDICAL PTY LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A system for inserting an intervertebral prosthesis into a space between two adjacent vertebrae, the system comprising:
an intervertebral prosthesis having two endplates movable with respect to one another, wherein the two endplates of the intervertebral prosthesis have a width in a lateral direction of the endplates between opposite lateral sides of the endplates, wherein the width is greater than a depth in an anterior/posterior direction of the endplates;
a prosthesis grasping device, wherein the prosthesis grasping device is configured to insert the two endplates in an assembled configuration into the space between two adjacent vertebrae, the prosthesis grasping device includes an actuator for actuating a pair of laterally moveable opposing jaws shaped to grasp the two endplates from an anterior side of the endplates, and wherein the movable opposing jaws articulate laterally in a same plane as the width of the intervertebral prosthesis, and are shaped to simultaneously grasp an inner rim of each of the two endplates; and
at least one prosthesis pusher device which is discrete from the prosthesis grasping device, the prosthesis pusher device having a distal end configured to push against the endplates of the intervertebral prosthesis, wherein after the intervertebral prosthesis is inserted into the space, the at least one prosthesis pusher device is used to engage and push the prosthesis farther into the space.