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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Nuvasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
James Coleman Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Benjamin Verhage, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Serra, San Diego, CA (US);
Troy B. Woolley, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Brian Snider, San Diego, CA (US);
Matthew Schwartz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); A61B 5/0488 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 (2013.01); A61B 5/04001 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 17/02 (2013.01); A61B 17/0206 (2013.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 1/36017 (2013.01); A61N 1/36135 (2013.01); A61N 1/37241 (2013.01); A61N 1/37247 (2013.01); A61B 5/0488 (2013.01); A61B 5/4893 (2013.01); A61B 5/6886 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00039 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00407 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00725 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0262 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical access system comprising a tissue dilation assembly and a tissue retraction assembly, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures.