US Patent 12102542 Interspinous spacer and methods and systems utilizing the interspinous spacer

An interspinous spacer that includes a body having a distal portion and a proximal portion; an actuator at least partially disposed in the body; and a first arm and a second arm, where the first and second arms are rotatably coupled to a distal portion of the body and coupled to the actuator, where the actuator, first arm, and second arm are configured, upon rotation of the actuator in a first direction, to move the first and second arms from an implantation position, in which the first and second arms extend from the distal portion of the body back toward the proximal portion of the body, to a deployed position, in which the first and second arms extend away from the body.