Patent ID: 8025666
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An orthopedic implant insertion assembly for inserting an implant, comprising: a handle member having an arcuate body extending from a first end to a second end, the first end of the handle configured and designed to couple to the implant; an arm member having a longitudinal axis extending between first and second ends of the arm member, the first end of the arm member having an attachment member configured and designed to couple to the second end of the handle member and the second end of the arm member having a sleeve retaining portion wherein the sleeve retaining portion has a channel that forms a non-straight angle with respect to the longitudinal axis; and a nut member having a bore extending therethrough along a bore axis, the nut being structured for coupling to an insertion instrument so that the bore axis is aligned with the channel permitting an item inserted through the bore to pass through the channel to a desired location on the implant coupled to the handle, the nut having a flange member configured and dimensioned to be received in a corresponding recess of the arm member so that the nut member is rotatably coupled to the sleeve retaining portion of the arm member.