Patent ID: 8361080

Claim:
A spinal implant insertion tool, comprising: a) a shaft having a proximal end having a handle and a distal end having upper and lower pairs of prongs extending therefrom, the prongs adapted for holding an implant or an implant trial and defining a centerline therebetween parallel with the shaft, and b) an adjustable stop slidably received upon the shaft of the tool, wherein the adjustable stop comprises: i) a translational tube adapted to be slidably received upon the shaft of the tool, the translational tube having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, and ii) first and second prongs extending radially and distally from the distal end portion of the translational tube, iii) a rotational tube having a proximal end portion, iv) a release tube having a distal end portion, wherein the proximal end portion of the translational tube is received in the rotational tube, wherein the distal end portion of release tube and the proximal end portion of the rotational tube have mating threadforms so that the distal end portion of the release tube is threadably received in the proximal end portion of the rotational tube, and wherein the first and second prongs are off-centerline from the centerline.