An implant insertion device is adapted to be used with a shape memory implant. The shape memory implant includes a bridge interconnecting the first leg and the second leg. The shape memory implant is movable between a first shape in which the first and second legs are substantially non-parallel and a second shape in which the first and second legs are substantially parallel . The implant insertion device engages with the shape memory implant to maintain the shape memory implant in its second configuration until delivery of the shape memory implant into the tissue or bone.