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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
May. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Vertiflex, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
VertiFlex, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 1/00087 (2013.01); A61B 1/00154 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 1/3135 (2013.01); A61B 1/32 (2013.01); A61B 17/0293 (2013.01); A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61M 29/00 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for treating spinal nerve compression includes sequential dilation to position an instrument cannula along a patient's spine. Instruments can be delivered through the instrument cannula to remove targeted tissue for a decompression procedure. One of the instruments can be a reamer instrument configured to abrade, cut, or otherwise affect tissue along the patient's spine.