Patent ID: 8801758

Claim:
An intervertebral implant insertion instrument comprising: a first handle having a first end and a second end; a second handle located towards the first end and connected to the first handle; a pair of rails attached to the second end of the first handle; a shaft threadably engaging the first handle, the shaft having a third end and a fourth end; a blocker including an adjustment knob and an offset adjustment element, the blocker being attached to the fourth end of the shaft and adapted to accept an intervertebral implant, such that when the intervertebral implant is advanced into a space between the vertebrae the rails do not contact the intervertebral implant; the adjustment knob of the blocker configured to locate the blocker at a pre-selected offset distance; and the offset adjustment element of the blocker connected to the adjustment knob and configured so that operation of the adjustment knob moves the offset adjustment element between proximal and distal ends of the blocker.