Patent ID: 8584853

Claim:
An orthopedic fixation system, comprising: a sterile packaged implant kit, comprising: at least one surgical implant, comprising legs movable between a first convergent position and a second substantially parallel position, wherein movement of the legs from the first convergent position to the second substantially parallel position stores a compressive force in the implant, further wherein movement of the legs from the second substantially parallel position to the first convergent position releases the compressive force stored in the implant, an insertion device adapted to engage the implant with the legs in their second substantially parallel position, wherein the insertion device maintains the legs in their second substantially parallel position such that the implant stores the compressive force, and an implant package adapted to receive therein the at least one surgical implant mounted on the insertion device such that the insertion device maintains the legs in their second substantially parallel position, whereby the implant package maintains the at least one surgical implant and the insertion device sterile after sterilization of the sterile packaged implant kit; and a sterile packaged instrument kit, comprising: one or more instruments necessary to use the sterile packaged implant kit, and an instrument package adapted to receive the one or more instruments therein, whereby the instrument package maintains the one or more instruments sterile after sterilization of the sterile packaged instrument kit.