Patent ID: 8657832
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical implant insertion system for deployment and removal of an expandable implant into a vertebral body, comprising: an actuation rod including a distal end with threading that couples with a thread of a first distal end of the expandable implant; an actuator handle coupled to a proximal end of the actuation rod; an inserter locking tube disposed over the actuation rod and including a proximal end coupled to an inserter handle and including a distal end with threading that couples with a thread of a second proximal end of the expandable implant; wherein upon insertion of the expandable implant into the vertebral body using the inserter handle, the actuator handle is turned causing the actuation rod to expand or compress the expandable implant coupled with the distal end of the inserter locking tube by applying force to the first distal end.