Patent ID: 9675388
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A surgical method comprising: providing a spinous process fusion device, wherein the device comprises: inserting the body and the first wing into a patient without the second wing, wherein the first wing is inserted such that the upper teeth of the first wing contact a first spinous process and the lower teeth of the first wing contact a second spinous process; and inserting the second wing into the patient, wherein the second wing is inserted such that the upper teeth of the second wing contact the first spinous process and the lower teeth of the second wing contact the second spinous process, wherein the second wing extends around the body, wherein the body comprises a rod, and wherein the body further comprises a central barrel having a first side and a second side, wherein the first side is positioned on a first side of the rod and the second side is positioned on a second side of the rod.