Patent ID: 8591547
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An interspinous process spacing device, comprising: a first attachment side and a second attachment side; a spacer tray positioned between the first attachment side and the second attachment side, the spacer tray extending from the first attachment side and slideably insertable through a spacer tray slot formed in the second attachment side, wherein the spacer tray is adapted to retain adjacent spinous processes in a spaced apart orientation, and wherein at least a portion of the spacer tray has a longitudinally arcuate shape extending in a posterior curvature adapted to facilitate angled insertion of the spacer tray through the spacer tray slot when the first attachment side and the second attachment side are drawn together in an arc; and securing means for securing the second attachment side relative to the first attachment side, wherein, upon securing the second attachment side relative to the first attachment side by the securing means, the first attachment side and the second attachment side are engaged with the adjacent spinous processes.