Author: claimsbot

1. A plyometric jumping exercise game apparatus comprising:
a base platform;
a plurality of target platforms of various heights;
a plurality of load sensors;
a plurality of lights;
at least one scoreboard; and
at least one CPU,
wherein said target platforms are connected to said base platform, and wherein at least one light is mounted to said base platform and at least one light is mounted adjacent to each target platform of said plurality of target platforms, and wherein said scoreboard is mounted to said base platform, and wherein said CPU is mounted within said scoreboard, said CPU being electrically connected to said sensors, said lights, and said at least one scoreboard.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising at least one speaker, wherein said speaker is electrically connected to said CPU.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of target platforms are connected to a periphery of the base platform.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of pedestals, wherein each target platform of said plurality of target platforms is positioned on a top portion of a respective pedestal of said plurality of pedestals.
5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the pedestals comprise cylindrical columns of various heights.
6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the pedestals comprise a box-type form.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one light mounted adjacent to each target platform is mounted to the target platform.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one light mounted adjacent to each target platform is mounted to a periphery of the base platform.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising safety handrails associated with each target platform of said plurality of target platforms.
10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the target platforms comprise a material of rugged construction to withstand loading and abuse of a person jumping on the base platform.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein a top surface of each target platform of said plurality of target platforms comprises a material pliable enough to absorb energy of a user jumping on the target platform.
12. A method for a user to operate a plyometric game comprising a base platform and a plurality of target platforms of various heights; said method comprising the steps of:
(a) illuminating at least one light mounted to said base platform;
(b) extinguishing the at least one light mounted to said base platform when the user is positioned on the base platform;
(c) illuminating a first light mounted adjacent to a first target platform of said plurality of target platforms;
(d) extinguishing the first light mounted adjacent to the first target platform of said plurality of target platforms after the user has jumped from said base platform onto the first target platform of said plurality of target platforms;
(e) assigning a first score associated with the user’s jump onto the first target platform of said plurality of target platforms;
(f) displaying the first score;
(g) illuminating the at least one light mounted to said base platform; and
(h) extinguishing the at least one light mounted to said base platform when the user has jumped from the first target platform of said plurality of target platforms onto said base platform.
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising the steps of
(i) illuminating a second light mounted adjacent to a second target platform of said plurality of target platforms;
(j) extinguishing the second light mounted adjacent to the second target platform of said plurality of target platforms after the user has jumped from said base platform onto the second target platform of said plurality of target platforms;
(k) assigning a second score associated with the user’s jump onto the second target platform of said plurality of target platforms;
(l) adding the second score to the first score to result in a total score; and
(m) displaying the total score.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of assigning a first score comprises assigning a first score based on an amount of time taken for the user to jump from the base platform to the first target platform of said plurality of target platforms.
15. A method of playing a plyometric game comprising the steps of:
providing a plyometric jumping exercise game apparatus, the apparatus comprising a base platform and a plurality of target platforms of various heights; and
jumping from said base platform to a first target platform of said plurality of target platforms associated with a first light upon illumination of said first light.
16. The method of claim 15, further comprising the steps of jumping from said first target platform to said base platform upon illumination of at least one light mounted to the base platform and jumping to a second target platform associated with a second light upon illumination of said second illuminated light.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

I claim:

1. A method of making a locally distributed electrode, comprising the steps of:
placing a conducting metallic oxide layer and a first counter electrode in contact with a noble metal electroplating solution; and
applying a negative potential to the metallic oxide layer relative to the first counter electrode, such that the noble metal is electrodeposited from the solution preferentially at defect sites on a surface of the metallic oxide layer.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the metallic oxide layer is selected from the group consisting of indium tin oxide, fluorine-doped tin oxide, aluminum-doped zinc oxide, antimony-doped tin oxide, indium oxide, fluorine-doped indium oxide, aluminum-doped tin oxide, phosphorus-doped tin oxide, and indium zinc oxide.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the metallic oxide layer is disposed on a substrate selected from the group consisting of glasses and plastics.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the noble metal is selected from the group consisting of platinum, iridium, gold, osmium, palladium, rhenium, rhodium, ruthenium, and alloys thereof.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of applying a negative potential includes the step of maintaining the potential of the metallic oxide layer below a predetermined value.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of applying a negative potential includes the step of maintaining the current flowing between the metallic oxide layer and the first counter electrode below a predetermined value.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to the step of placing a conducting metallic oxide layer and a first counter electrode in contact with a noble metal electroplating solution, the step of:
pretreating the metallic oxide layer to increase the density of the defect sites at which the noble metal is preferentially electrodeposited.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of pretreating the metallic oxide layer includes a step selected from the group consisting of oxygen plasma cleaning, sputter cleaning, mechanical abrading, and chemical etching.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to the step of placing a conducting metallic oxide layer and a first counter electrode in contact with a noble metal electroplating solution, the step of:
annealing the metallic oxide layer at an elevated temperature to decrease the density of the defect sites at which the noble metal is preferentially electrodeposited.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising, after the step of applying a negative potential to the metallic oxide layer relative to the first counter electrode, the step of:
applying a cathodic potential pulse to the metallic oxide layer relative to the first counter electrode such that the noble metal is electrodeposited on the metallic oxide layer at sites other than the defect sites.
11. The method of claim 1, furthering comprising, after the step of applying a negative potential to the metallic oxide layer relative to the first counter electrode, the step of:
heat treating the locally distributed electrode.
12. The method of claim 1, further comprising, after the step of applying a negative potential to the metallic oxide layer relative to the first counter electrode, the step of:
applying a layer of an insulating metallic oxide to the surface of the conducting metallic oxide layer on the locally distributed electrode.
13. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
placing the locally distributed electrode and a second counter electrode in contact with a solution for electroplating a non-noble metal; and
applying a negative potential to the locally distributed electrode relative to the second counter electrode, such that the non-noble metal is electrodeposited from the solution preferentially on the noble metal electrodeposited at defect sites on the surface of the metallic oxide layer.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the non-noble metal is selected from the group consisting of silver, bismuth, copper, tin, cadmium, mercury, indium, lead, antimony, thallium, zinc, and alloys thereof.
15. A method of making a locally distributed electrode, comprising the steps of:
placing a conducting metallic oxide layer and a counter electrode in contact with a noble metal electroplating solution;
applying a negative potential to the metallic oxide layer relative to the counter electrode, such that the noble metal is electrodeposited from the solution preferentially at defect sites on a surface of the metallic oxide layer; and
heat treating the locally distributed electrode.
16. A locally distributed electrode, comprising:
a conducting metallic oxide layer, including a surface having a plurality of defect sites; and
a plurality of noble metal deposits preferentially disposed on the surface at the defect sites, such that the noble metal deposits define the locally distributed electrode.
17. The locally distributed electrode of claim 16, wherein the metallic oxide layer is selected from the group consisting of indium tin oxide, fluorine-doped tin oxide, aluminum-doped zinc oxide, antimony-doped tin oxide, indium oxide, fluorine-doped indium oxide, aluminum-doped tin oxide, phosphorus-doped tin oxide, and indium zinc oxide.
18. The locally distributed electrode of claim 16, wherein the metallic oxide layer is disposed on a substrate selected from the group consisting of glasses and plastics.
19. The locally distributed electrode of claim 16, wherein the noble metal is selected from the group consisting of platinum, iridium, gold, osmium, palladium, rhenium, rhodium, ruthenium, and alloys thereof.
20. The locally distributed electrode of claim 16, further comprising:
a plurality of non-noble metal deposits preferentially disposed on the noble metal deposits.
21. The locally distributed electrode of claim 20, wherein the non-noble metal deposits comprise a metal selected from the group consisting of silver, bismuth, copper, tin, cadmium, mercury, indium, lead, antimony, thallium, zinc, and alloys thereof.
22. The locally distributed electrode of claim 16, further comprising:
a layer of an insulating metallic oxide disposed on the layer of conducting metallic oxide.

1. A method comprising:
receiving a request from a client by a server for a file, the file having a first section having a first security level and a second section having a second security level;
determining a first security protocol for the first section of the file using a classification information and a template;
determining a second security protocol for the second section of the file using the classification information and the template;
transmitting the first section over a channel between the server and the client using the first security protocol; and
transmitting the second section over the channel between the server and the client using the second security protocol.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the first and second sections of the file to the client using the template and classification information to determine the proper security layer is performed by a connection manager on the server.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the classification information is contained in meta-data of the respective sections of the file.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the classification information is contained in an extended attributes section of the file.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the classification information is contained in a table maintained by a file server.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the template by the server from the client.
7. An apparatus, comprising:
a storage to store a file, the file having a first section with a first security level and second section with a second security level, wherein each of the first and second file sections is associated with respective classification information;
a server adapted to transmit the file from the storage to a client using a first security protocol for the first file section and a second security protocol for the second file section, the first and second security protocols being selected based on a template and the respective associated classification information.
8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the storage resides on the server.
9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the storage resides remote from the server.
10. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a connection manager on the server to transmit the first and second sections of the file
11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the classification information is contained in a meta-data of the respective sections of the file.
12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the classification information is contained in an extended attributes section of the file.
13. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the classification information is contained in a table maintained by a file server.
14. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising the receiving of the template by the server from the client.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having executable code stored thereon to cause a machine to perform a method for transferring a file, the method comprising:
receiving a request from a client by a server for a file, the file having a first section having a first security level and a second section having a second security level;
determining a first security protocol for the first section of the file using classification information and a template;
determining a second security protocol for the second section of the file using classification information and a template;
transmitting the first section over a channel between the server and the client using the first security protocol; and
transmitting the second section over the channel between the server and the client using the second security protocol.
16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the transmitting of the first and second sections of the file to the client using the template and classification information to determine the proper security layer is performed by a connection manager on the server.
17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the classification information is contained in a meta-data of the respective sections of the file.
18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the classification information is contained in an extended attributes section of the file.
19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the classification information is contained in a table maintained by a file server.
20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, further comprising the receiving of the template by the server from the requesting client.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An instrument for inserting an implant in a space between adjacent bony portions, comprising:
a housing;
a pair of opposing guide members coupled to said housing, each of said pair of guide members including a body with an outer surface and an opposite guide surface and an elongated slot opening therebetween, said slot extending along said respective guide member, the implant being positionable between said guide surfaces;
a spreader positioned between said pair of guide members, said spreader including a central body and a pair of opposite wings extending therefrom, each wing being slidingly received in said slot of a corresponding one of said pair of guide members;
a drive member coupled to said spreader and operable to forwardly advance said spreader and the implant positioned forwardly of said spreader toward distal ends of said guide members, wherein:
said housing includes a coupling portion and a drive member engaging portion extending proximally from said coupling portion, said drive member engaging portion and said coupling portion including a passage extending therethrough for receiving said drive member;
said drive member includes a shaft threadingly engaged in said passage and a handle at a proximal end of said shaft; and
further comprising an implant holder extending through said drive member and said spreader, said implant holder including an adjustment knob at a proximal end thereof and a distal end extending distally of said spreader.
2. The instrument of claim 1, wherein said handle of said drive member includes a proximally opening recess, and said adjustment knob of said implant holder is rotatably received in said recess.
3. The instrument of claim 1, wherein said pair of guide members each include an abutment member adjacent said distal end thereof, said abutment member projecting from said outer surface of said respective guide member.
4. The instrument of claim 3, wherein said abutment members are each orthogonally oriented relative to a central axis of said respective guide member.
5. The instrument of claim 1, wherein said guide surfaces are planar.
6. An instrument for inserting an implant in a space between adjacent bony portions, comprising:
a housing;
a pair of opposing guide members coupled to said housing, each of said pair of guide members including a body with an outer surface and an opposite guide surface and an elongated slot opening therebetween, said slot extending along said respective guide member and said slot extending through said outer surface and said opposite guide surface of said respective guide member, the implant being positionable between said guide surfaces;
a spreader positioned between said pair of guide members, said spreader including a central body and a pair of opposite wings extending therefrom, each wing being slidingly received in said slot of a corresponding one of said pair of guide members; and
a drive member coupled to said spreader and operable to forwardly advance said spreader and the implant positioned forwardly of said spreader toward distal ends of said guide members, wherein said pair of guide members each include an abutment member adjacent said distal end thereof, said abutment member projecting from said outer surface of said respective guide member and said abutment members are each orthogonally oriented relative to a central axis of said respective guide member and each of said slots extends through said abutment member of said respective guide member.
7. The instrument of claim 6, wherein each of said guide members includes a support member extending distally of said abutment member thereof, said support members being positionable in the space between the adjacent bony portion with said abutment members in contact with respective ones of the adjacent bony portions, said support members being contactable with the adjacent bony portions to distract the adjacent bony portions as said spreader and said implant are advanced toward said distal ends of said guide members.
8. An instrument for inserting an implant in a space between adjacent bony portions, comprising:
a housing;
a pair of opposing guide members coupled to said housing, each of said pair of guide members including a body with an outer surface and an opposite guide surface and an elongated slot opening therebetween, said slot extending along said respective guide member and extending through said outer surface and said guide surface thereof, the implant being positionable between said guide surfaces;
a spreader positioned between said pair of guide members, said spreader including a central body and a pair of opposite wings extending therefrom, each wing being slidingly received in said slot of a corresponding one of said pair of guide members; and
a drive member coupled to said spreader and operable to forwardly advance said spreader and the implant positioned forwardly of said spreader toward distal ends of said guide members, further comprising an adapter releasably engageable along a distal end wall of said spreader.
9. The instrument of claim 8, wherein said adapter includes a body portion and a pair of arms extending proximally from opposite ends of said body portion, said pair of arms being positionable along sidewalls of said spreader to engage said adapter to said spreader.
10. The instrument of claim 9, wherein each of said arms includes a projection at a distal end thereof, said projections extending toward one another and are removably positionable in an adjacent detent in said sidewalls of said spreader.
11. The instrument of claim 9, wherein said spreader includes a proximally extending central receptacle in said distal end wall, and said adapter body portion includes a central proximally offset portion received in said receptacle.
12. The instrument of claim 11, wherein said spreader includes a bore extending therethrough and said adapter includes a hole in said central offset portion aligned with said bore of said spreader, said implant holder distal end extending through said bore and said hole to engage the implant forwardly of said adapter.
13. An instrument for inserting an implant in a space between adjacent bony portions, comprising:
a housing;
a pair of opposing guide members coupled to said housing, each of said pair of guide members including a body with an outer surface and an opposite guide surface and an elongated slot opening therebetween, said slot extending along said respective guide member, the implant being positionable between said guide surfaces;
a spreader positioned between said pair of guide members, said spreader including a central body and a pair of opposite wings extending therefrom, each wing being slidingly received in said slot of a corresponding one of said pair of guide members; and
a drive member coupled to said spreader and operable to forwardly advance said spreader and the implant positioned forwardly of said spreader toward distal ends of said guide members, wherein said housing comprises a coupling portion including a pair of upper fingers each defining a proximally opening receptacle and a pair of lower fingers each defining a proximally opening receptacle.
14. The instrument of claim 13, wherein each of said guide members includes a proximal end adapted to be positioned between a corresponding pair of said upper and lower fingers, said guide members each further including a crossbar rotatably and removably received in said receptacles defined by said corresponding pair of fingers.
15. An instrument for inserting an implant in a space between adjacent bony portions, comprising:
a housing;
a pair of opposing guide members coupled to said housing, each of said pair of guide members including a body with an outer surface and an opposite guide surface and an elongated slot opening therebetween, said slot extending along and extending through said outer surface and said guide surface of said respective guide member, the implant being positionable between said guide surfaces;
a spreader positioned between said pair of guide members, said spreader including a central body and a pair of opposite wings extending therefrom, each wing being slidingly received in said slot of a corresponding one of said pair of guide members; and
a drive member coupled to said spreader and operable to forwardly advance said spreader and the implant positioned forwardly of said spreader toward distal ends of said guide members, wherein said wings each include a body extending from said central body and an enlarged outer end, said enlarged outer end being sized to capture said wing in said slot of said guide member in which said wing is received.
16. The instrument of claim 15, wherein each of said slots includes an enlarged proximal end opening adapted to permit passage of said enlarged outer end of said wing therethrough.
17. An instrument for inserting an implant in a space between adjacent bony portions, comprising:
a housing;
a pair of opposing guide members coupled to said housing, each of said pair of guide members including a body with an outer surface and an opposite guide surface, the implant being positionable between said guide surfaces, wherein said guide surfaces face one another, and said guide members each include an outer surface opposite said guide surface thereof, and said guide members each include a slot that extends through said guide surface and said outer surface thereof;
a spreader positioned between said pair of guide members;
an adapter releasably coupled to said spreader with a body portion of said adapter along a distal end wall of said spreader; and
a drive member coupled to said spreader and operable to forwardly advance said spreader and adapter with the implant positioned forwardly of said adapter toward distal ends of said guide members, said adapter spacing the implant forwardly of said distal end wall of said spreader.
18. The instrument of claim 17, wherein said slot of each of said guide members extends along a central axis of said respective guide member.
19. The instrument of claim 18, wherein said spreader includes a central body and a pair of opposite wings extending from said central body slidingly received in said slot of a respective one of said pair of guide members.
20. The instrument of claim 17, wherein said adapter includes a pair of arms extending proximally from opposite ends of said body portion, said pair of arms being positionable along sidewalls of said spreader to engage said adapter to said spreader.
21. The instrument of claim 20, wherein each of said arms includes a projection at a distal end thereof, said projections extending toward one another and being removably positionable in an adjacent detent, in said sidewalls of said spreader.
22. The instrument of claim 17, wherein said spreader includes a proximally extending central receptacle in said distal end wall, and said adapter body portion includes a central proximally offset portion received in said receptacle.
23. The instrument of claim 22, wherein said spreader includes a bore extending therethrough and said adapter includes a hole in said receptacle aligned with said bore of said spreader.
24. The instrument of claim 23, further comprising an implant holder extending through said bore and said hole to engage the implant forwardly of said adapter.
25. The instrument of claim 24, wherein said implant holder includes an elongated shaft received through a passage extending through said drive member.
26. The instrument of claim 17, wherein at least one of said guide members is pivotally coupled to said housing, said at least one guide member being pivotal away from the other of said guide members to permit said adapter to be engaged to said spreader.
27. A method for inserting an implant in a space between adjacent bony structures, comprising:
providing an implant inserter comprising:
a housing;
a pair of opposing guide members coupled to the housing;
a spreader positioned between the pair of guide members, the spreader including a central body and a pair of opposite wings extending therefrom slidingly received in a slot formed along a central axis of a respective one of the pair of guide members wherein the guide members each include a guide surface, the guide surfaces facing one another, and the guide members each include an outer surface opposite the guide surface thereof, and the slot of each guide member extends through the guide surface and the outer surface thereof;
a drive member coupled to the spreader and the drive member engaging portion;

pivoting at least one of the pair of guide members away from the other of the pair of guide members to remove the wing from the slot of the at least one guide member;
positioning an implant between the pair of guide members and forwardly of the spreader; and
pivoting the at least one guide member toward the other guide member to position the wing of the spreader in the slot of the at least one guide member.
28. The method of claim 27, wherein the slot includes an enlarged proximal end opening and pivoting the at least one guide member positions the implant in the enlarged proximal end opening of the slot.
29. The method of claim 27, further comprising coupling an adapter along a distal end wall of the spreader before positioning the implant.
30. The method of claim 29, wherein coupling the adapter includes engaging proximally extending arms of the adapter to sidewalls of the spreader.
31. The method of claim 29, further comprising engaging the implant with an implant holder, the implant holder including a distal end extending distally of the adapter, a shaft extending through the drive member, and a proximal end with an adjustment member.
32. The method of claim 29, further comprising selecting the adapter from a set of adapters.
33. The method of claim 27, further comprising engaging the implant with an implant holder, the implant holder including a distal end extending distally of the spreader, a shaft extending through the drive member, and a proximal end with an adjustment member.
34. The method of claim 27, further comprising:
positioning distal support members of the guide members in the space;
manipulating the drive member to distally advance the spreader and implant between the guide members toward the space; and
distracting the disc space with the support members as the distal advancement of the implant and spreader move the guide members away from one another.
35. The method of claim 34, further comprising distally advancing the implant into the space until the wings contact the adjacent bony portions.
36. The method of claim 35, further comprising withdrawing the support members from the space between the implant and the adjacent bony portions by manipulating the drive member to push the wings against the adjacent bony portions thereby proximally displacing the guide members relative to the bony portions and the implant.
37. The method of claim 27, further comprising selecting the upper and lower guide members from a set of guide members.
38. An instrument for inserting an implant in a space between adjacent bony portions, comprising:
a housing;
a pair of opposing guide members extending distally from said housing, said pair of guide members each including an elongated body with an outer surface and an opposite inner surface facing the inner surface of the other guide member with the implant being positionable between said inner surfaces, said guide members further each including a distally extending elongated slot extending between and opening through said inner surface and said outer surface of said guide member;
a central body between said pair of guide members, said central body including opposite wings extending therefrom slidingly received in respective ones of said slots of said guide members; and
a drive member extending from said central body that is operable to forwardly advance said central body and the implant positioned between said guide member toward distal ends of said guide members.
39. The instrument of claim 38, wherein said housing includes a coupling portion and a drive member engaging portion extending proximally from said coupling portion, said drive member engaging portion and said coupling portion including a passage extending therethrough for receiving said drive member.
40. The instrument of claim 38, wherein said drive member includes a shaft threadingly engaged in a passage of said housing and a handle at a proximal end of said shaft.
41. The instrument of claim 40, further comprising an implant holder extending through said drive member and said central body, said implant holder including an adjustment knob at a proximal end thereof and a distal end extending distally of said central body for engagement with the implant.
42. The instrument of claim 38, wherein said pair of guide members each include an abutment member adjacent said distal end thereof, said abutment member projecting from said outer surface of said respective guide member.
43. The instrument of claim 42, wherein said abutment members are each orthogonally oriented relative to a central axis of said respective guide member.
44. The instrument of claim 42, wherein said slots extends through said abutment member of said respective guide member.
45. The instrument of claim 42, wherein each of said guide members includes a support member extending distally of said abutment member thereof, said support members being positionable in the space between the adjacent bony portion with said abutment members in contact with respective ones of the adjacent bony portions.
46. The instrument of claim 38, wherein:
said housing comprises a coupling portion including a pair of upper fingers each defining a proximally opening receptacle and a pair of lower fingers each defining a proximally opening receptacle; and
each of said guide members includes a proximal end adapted to be positioned between a corresponding pair of said upper and lower fingers, said guide members each further including a crossbar rotatably and removably received in said receptacles defined by said corresponding pair of fingers.
47. The instrument of claim 38, wherein said wings each include a body extending from said central body and an enlarged outer end, said enlarged outer end being sized to capture said wing in said slot of said guide member in which said wing is received.
48. The instrument of claim 47, wherein each of said slots includes an enlarged proximal end opening adapted to permit passage of said enlarged outer end of said wing therethrough.
49. The instrument of claim 38, wherein said inner surfaces are planar.
50. The instrument of claim 38, wherein each of said slots includes a distal end located proximally of a distal end of said guide member along which said slot extends.
51. An instrument for inserting an implant in a space between adjacent bony portions, comprising:
a housing;
a pair of opposing guide members extending distally from said housing, said pair of guide members each including an elongate body with an outer surface and an opposite inner surface facing the inner surface of the other guide member, said guide members further each including an elongated slot extending between and opening through said inner surface and said outer surface thereof with the implant being positionable between said guide surfaces, each of said guide members further including an abutment member adjacent a distal end thereof with said slot of said guide member extending though said abutment member, said abutment members being positionable in contact with the adjacent bony portions;
a central body between said pair of guide members, said central body including opposite wings extending therefrom slidingly received in respective ones of said slots of said guide members; and
a drive member extending proximally from said central body through said housing, said drive member being operable to advance said central body and the implant between said guide members toward said distal ends of said guide members.
52. The instrument of claim 51, wherein each of said slots includes a distal end between said abutment member and said distal end of said guide member along which said slot extends.