Devices and methods for spinal implant removal

A method for spinal implant removal comprising:

• providing a driver tool comprising an elongated cylindrical body with a through-opening and two distal end protrusions;
• providing a capture tool comprising an elongated shaft configured to fit and extend through the cylindrical body through-opening of the driver tool and comprising a distal end opening with inner threads;
• inserting the driver tool into a vertebral location where the spinal implant is located;
• wherein the spinal implant comprises a cylindrical body and first and second sets of wings that are configured to engage first and second spinous processes of two vertebrae, respectively, and wherein the cylindrical body houses a threaded post that actuates the deployment of the first and second sets of wings;
• engaging the two distal end protrusions of the driver tool to a circular collar formed around the threaded post on a top surface of the cylindrical body;
• rotating the driver tool with the engaged circular collar counter clockwise to screw the threaded post out of the cylindrical body and thereby to release the first and second sets of wings;
• inserting the elongated shaft of the capture tool into the vertebral location where the spinal implant is located through the through-opening of the cylindrical body of the driver tool;
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• rotating the elongated shaft of the capture tool counter clockwise to capture outer threads of the threaded post with the inner threads of the distal end.