Patent ID: 8388514
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. In combination, an insertion tool, an implant, and a guide: the insertion tool comprising a handle and a needle extending from the handle, the needle comprising a proximal end attached to the handle and a distal end that includes a needle tip, the needle tip comprises an aperture that allows guided relative movement of the needle tip along the guide, and the implant comprising a support portion, an extension portion, and a self-fixating tip connected to the extension portion, wherein the self-fixating tip engages the needle tip to allow the needle to push the self-fixating tip for surgical implantation, the self-fixating tip comprises an aperture that allows passage of the guide, and when the needle tip engages the self-fixating tip the guide can pass through the aperature of the needle tip and the self-fixating tip.