Systems and methods configured to deploy cuffs onto biological structures

An implant insertion instrument comprising:

• a body member including a distal surface and a proximal surface, the distal surface spaced from the proximal surface in a first direction such that the distal surface faces the proximal surface, the body member further including a first side surface and a second side surface, the first side surface spaced from the second side surface in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction, such that the first side surface faces the second side surface, the body member further including a base surface that extends between the distal surface and the proximal surface in the first direction, and further extends between the first side surface and the second side surface in the second direction;
• a pocket defined by the body member such that the pocket extends from the proximal surface to the distal surface in the first direction, further extends from the second side surface to the first side surface in the second direction, and further extends into the body member in a third direction, which is perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction, to the base surf ace;
• and
• a retention member configured to be movably attached to the body member such that the retention member is slidably movable along a plane substantially opposite the first direction from a first position relative to the body member to a second position relative to the body member, in the first position a portion of the retention member is aligned with a portion of the base surface in the third direction, and in the second position the portion of the retention member is offset from the portion of the base surface in the first direction such that the base surface is accessible in the third direction.