Patent ID: 11944355
Assignee: FLOSPINE, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 21:
22. A method for implanting an implant in a space between a superior spinous process and a superior lamina, and an inferior spinous process and an inferior lamina of adjacent vertebrae of a spine, the method comprising:
with the implant in a retracted configuration, inserting the implant into the space such that a proximal superior surface of the implant engages the superior spinous process and a proximal inferior surface of the implant engages the inferior spinous process;
urging the implant to flex such that the implant moves from the retracted configuration to a deployed configuration to expand a distalmost end of the implant by urging a distal superior surface, distal to the proximal superior surface, and a distal inferior surface, distal to the proximal inferior surface, to move apart such that the distal superior surface engages the superior spinous process and/or the superior lamina and the distal inferior surface engages the inferior spinous process and/or the inferior lamina; and
with a block positioned between the distal superior surface and the distal inferior surface, retaining the implant in the deployed configuration by blocking motion of the distal superior surface toward the distal inferior surface.