Patent ID: 9155572
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of implanting an interspinous spacer into an interspinous space between a superior spinous process and an inferior spinous process of a patient, the method comprising: positioning an interspinous spacer in an undeployed configuration at an external posterior location relative to the interspinous space, wherein a superior spinous process stabilizer and an inferior spinous process stabilizer of the interspinous spacer are in a collapsed position in the undeployed configuration; while in the undeployed configuration, moving the interspinous spacer in a substantially anterior-posterior direction through a supraspinous ligament of the patient and along an insertion path oriented in the substantially anterior-posterior direction toward the interspinous space, wherein the interspinous spacer has a longitudinal dimension capable of remaining aligned with the insertion path while moving the interspinous spacer through the supraspinous ligament; and while the interspinous spacer is located at the interspinous space and a body of the interspinous spacer is located directly between the superior spinous process and the inferior spinous process, moving the superior and inferior spinous process stabilizers from the undeployed configuration to a deployed configuration such that the superior and inferior spinous process stabilizers of the interspinous spacer interface with the superior and inferior spinous processes.