Patent ID: 8979852
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A single instrument for inserting and compressing a spinous process implant, the instrument comprising: a first leg, the first leg comprising a first handle portion and a first implant engaging portion; a second leg, the second leg comprising a second handle portion and a second implant engaging portion, the second leg pivotally coupled to the first leg for pivotal movement about a second axis transverse to the first axis at a pivot point between the first and second handle portions and the first and second implant engaging portions such that compression of the first and second handle portions causes compression of the first and second implant engaging portions; wherein the first and second implant engaging portions are adapted to couple to an implant and insert a first portion of the implant between adjacent spinous processes and compress a second portion of the implant into the adjacent spinous processes.