Patent ID: 9044223
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An implant insertion system comprising: an implant; at least one insertion tip secured to said implant, coach said at least one insertion tip having a tapered distal end, a proximal end, a base extending proximally from said tapered distal end, and a central lumen formed in said base having an opening facing the proximal end of said insertion tip; an insertion device having an outer shaft and a latching assembly provided at a distal end of said outer shaft that is insertable into the opening of the central lumen for selectively locking said insertion tip to said latching assembly, said latching assembly having first and second latches at the distal end thereof defining an outer dimension that is changeable from an expanded state for locking said insertion tip to said latching assembly to a non-expanded state for unlocking said insertion tip from said latching assembly, wherein said first and second latches are elastic, normally flex inwardly toward one another, and have inner cam surfaces that oppose one another; and a tip pin disposed within a central opening of said latching assembly that extends between proximal and distal ends of said latching assembly, said tip pin having a shaft with a larger diameter section and a smaller diameter section, wherein said tip pin is moveable toward the proximal end of said latching assembly so that the larger diameter section of said shaft engages said inner cam surfaces for moving said first and second latches away from one another into the expanded state, and wherein said tip pin is moveable toward the distal end of said latching assembly so that the smaller diameter section of said shaft is aligned with said inner cam surfaces whereupon said first and second latches flex inwardly toward one another into the non-expanded state.