Patent ID: 11864753
Assignee: CROSSROADS EXTREMITY SYSTEMS, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 6:
7. An implant delivery system comprising:
an implant comprising a body that defines a proximal surface and a distal surface opposite the proximal surface in a distal direction, wherein the implant body extends between a first end and a second end opposite the first end along a longitudinal direction, the implant further comprising a first bone engagement member that extends from the first end transverse to the body in the distal direction, and a second bone engagement member that is adjacent the first bone engagement member along the longitudinal direction and extends from the second end transverse to the body in the distal direction, the implant further defining a first distal surface that extends from the first end of the body along the longitudinal direction, and a second distal surface that extends from the second end of the body along the longitudinal direction, wherein the implant is movable between an implant free state in which the first and second bone engagement members converge as they extend from the body, and an elastically deformed state in which the first and second bone engagement members are spread apart relative to the implant free state; and
an inserter that is removably connectable to the implant such that a support of the inserter engages against the proximal surface of the body, the inserter including a drive shaft, a body that threadedly receives the drive shaft, and first and second arms that extend from the body and define first and second hooks, respectively, that are configured to engage the first and second distal surfaces, respectively, of the implant, wherein when the inserter is connected to the implant, rotation of the drive shaft is configured to cause relative linear translation of the support and the first and second hooks along a transverse direction that is defined by the distal direction and a proximal direction opposite the distal direction, which in turn causes the implant to elastically deform from the implant free state to the elastically deformed state,
wherein longitudinally outermost ends of the first and second distal surfaces are spaced from each other a longitudinal distance along the longitudinal direction that, the longitudinal distance is greater than a thickness of the body along the distal direction from the proximal surface to the distal surface, and the longitudinal distance is greater than a width of the body along a direction that is perpendicular to each of the longitudinal direction and the distal direction.