Patent ID: 8540725
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An instrument for inserting a spinal implant, comprising: a proximal handle assembly; a shaft assembly extending distally from said handle assembly along a longitudinal axis, wherein said shaft assembly includes a first shaft and a second shaft, wherein said first shaft and second shaft are substantially parallel to one another forming a passage therebetween and a locking shaft movably received in said passage; and a grasper assembly at a distal end of said shaft assembly, said grasper assembly including first and second arms, wherein said first and second arms are remotely operable for movement relative to one another between an engaging position to engage the implant therebetween and a release position to disengage the implant from therebetween, said first arm being structured for rotatable receipt in a recessed area of the implant in said release position and said second arm being linearly movable relative to said first arm for positioning in a receptacle of the implant in said engaging position to prevent said first arm from rotating in the receptacle.