Patent ID: 8740943
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: A61B,A61K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a body having a central portion extending along an axis between a first end and a second end, the body comprising a first arm, a second arm, a third arm and a fourth arm, the first and fourth arms extending in a diagonal manner from the body, and each comprising a first portion extending transverse to the axis from the central portion and a second portion extending substantially parallel to the axis from the first portion, the central portion of the body configured to be disposed between adjacent spinous processes, the first arm and the third arm at a first side of the body and the second arm and the fourth arm at a second side of the body opposite of the first side of the body, the first arm having a length greater than a length of the third arm such that the first arm is moveable through a space between the adjacent spinous processes and such that the third arm is moveable through the space to position the central body between the adjacent spinous processes, wherein the arms are each free of any openings extending through opposite surfaces of a respective arm and the central portion is monolithically formed with the first, second, third and fourth arms.