Patent ID: 7637912

Claim:
Surgical instruments for use in a surgical operation for inserting an interspinous spacer having a block-like shape formed with a hollow portion into a space between adjacent spinous processes, the surgical instruments comprising: an insertion instrument having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end; and a grasping instrument to grasp the insertion instrument, wherein the insertion instrument having an inserting portion to be passed through the hollow portion of the interspinous spacer, a support portion provided at the second end to prevent the interspinous spacer from falling off from the insertion instrument when the inserting portion is inserted into the hollow portion of the interspinous spacer, and a grasped portion provided near the first end, the grasped portion to be grasped by the grasping instrument in a state that the inserting portion is inserted into the hollow portion of the interspinous spacer so that the interspinous spacer is positioned between the grasped portion and the support portion.