Patent ID: 8128631
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A system for seating an implant into a first bone or an adjacent second bone comprising: an implant; an instrument for seating said implant into a first bone or an adjacent second bone, said instrument including a distracter and a sleeve coupled to said distracter, said distracter in communication with at least one of said implant, said first bone or said second bone, said sleeve structured to interpose said implant and said first bone or adjacent second bone, the sleeve having a sleeve-to-implant interface and a sleeve-to-bone interface, said sleeve structured to releasably cover at least a portion of said implant and structured to be releasably removed from said implant to bone interface as said sleeve pulls said first bone or adjacent second bone to said implant upon advancing and seating of the implant into the first bone or adjacent second bone without removing said implant from said implant to bone interface, the sleeve having an engagement force on a surface in communication with said implant that is different than a surface in communication with said first bone or adjacent second bone, said differential engagement force structured to preferentially move the implant into said first or adjacent second bone wherein said distracter is structured to displace said sleeve relative to said implant, or displace said implant relative to said sleeve, or displace said implant relative to said first or second bone.