Patent ID: 7828807

Claim:
A method, comprising: operating an instrument that percutaneously extends into a patient's body, the instrument including a tube, a threaded conveying rod extending inside the tube, a proximal end portion and a distal end portion; placing the instrument into a position with the distal end portion in proximity to a spinal structure of the patient's body while the proximal end portion remains outside the patient's body; with a deformable prosthesis including an elongate implant material extending along a longitudinal axis between a distal end and an opposite proximal end, the elongate implant material being positioned between an inner surface of the tube and threading on the rod in purchase with the elongate implant material of the prosthesis so that the longitudinal axis of the implant material is offset from a longitudinal axis of the rod, moving the deformable prosthesis through the tube by rotating the rod while in the position; and depositing at least a portion of the elongate implant material of the prosthesis on the spinal structure with the instrument.