Patent ID: 8834483
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A61B,B65B

Abstract:
1. An implant storage and insertion system, comprising: an implant including a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the implant includes an implanted shape and an insertion shape; a restraining block including an impact surface and being adapted to engage the implant at the first end of the implant such that the restraining block constrains the first end of the implant in its insertion shape while the second end of the implant remains unconstrained, the restraining block further being adapted for engagement by a medical instrument, wherein the medical instrument is adapted to position the restraining block at a first bone such that the impact surface may be impacted to insert the second end of the implant into the first bone, and wherein the restraining block comprises: a base block including an implant engagement feature that receives the second end of the implant therein thereby constraining the second end of the implant in a deformed shape, wherein the base block includes a restraining block engagement feature that receives the first clamshell and the second clamshell therein such that the first and second clamshells maintain the first end of the implant in its insertion shape, such that the first and second clamshells constrain and deform the first end of the implant in its insertion shape and the base block constrains the second end of the implant in the deformed shape simultaneously.