Nanovis, LLC

Ldr Medical

Institute for Musculoskeletal Science and Education, Ltd.

John Williams

Daniel Refai

Greg Hoffman

John Gorup

Alan McGee

Matthew Hedrick

Heidi Rorick

Megan A Stauffer

Reginald James Davis

Alexandre Jodaitis

Alan W McGee

Gregory A Hoffman

Paul Henry Cho

Seth Anderson

Arnold M Schwartz

William D Bradley

Hugo Santos Benitez

Chen Zhongqiang

Retractor blades for a retractor system are disclosed. The blades are designed for use in preparing an area of the body for a surgical procedure. The retractor blades are configured with different lengths and with different blade tip geometries to facilitate engagement with vertebrae for the oblique lateral interbody fusion surgical approach.

Retractor blades for modular system and method of use

A retractor system for use in preparing an area of the body for a surgical procedure is disclosed. The retractor system includes retractor blades that can be independently inserted and positioned within the body. The system also includes articulating arms that can be used to secure the retractor blades to one another and to rigidly fix the retractor blades in place relative to an operating table or other fixed structure.

Modular retractor system and method of use

A system and method of positioning a spinal implant into an intervertebral space comprises the steps of: cutting an incision through the skin toward an intervertebral space between a L5 and S1 vertebra; inserting an uncoupled first, second and third retractor blade into the incision to pre-position the retractor blades prior to retraction; coupling the pre-positioned first retractor blade to a connector arm to connect the first retractor blade to a table arm; attaching a blade to blade connector and mini flex arm to couple the second blade to either the first blade or third blade; and wherein the three uncoupled blades, once pre-positioned and then coupled, the blades are retracted to open the incision and expose the vertebral bodies.

Modular retractor system

A vertebral support device () is disclosed, which in various embodiments comprises at least two osseous anchoring implants (), each designed to be anchored to a vertebra, and at least one linking element () fixed to the osseous anchoring implants () by fasteners () that maintain a fixed angle between the longitudinal axis (L) of the linking element () passing through rigid elements () of the linking element () and the insertion axis (DV) of the implants (). The linking element () includes at least one elastic dampening element () that that allows the implant-bearing vertebrae some freedom of movement. The dampening element () accommodates the stresses imposed on the linking element () during movement of the vertebrae and tends to return the support device () to its normal configuration.

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