Patent ID: 9629665
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A minimally invasive spinal facet implant system, comprising: an implant configured for placement in a spinal facet joint space, the implant comprising a leading distal portion and a trailing proximal portion; a delivery device, comprising a proximal end, a distal end, a tubular body extending between the proximal and distal end and forming a lumen, and an anchoring fork at the distal end; and a driver assembly, comprising: an internal actuator comprising a shaft and a handle and configured to extend through the hollow implant shaft of the driver assembly to release the implant from the driver assembly, wherein the delivery device and the driver assembly are configured such that, when the anchoring fork is positioned in the spinal facet joint space, the implant is positioned in the spinal facet joint space, and when the implant shaft of the driver assembly extends through the lumen of the delivery device, the implant is positioned within the anchoring fork.