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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
May. 31, 2018
Benvenue Medical, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Laurent Schaller, Los Altos, CA (US);
Timothy McGrath, Fremont, CA (US);
Ryan Connolly, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David Needleman, San Carlos, CA (US);
Steven Golden, Menlo Park, CA (US);
John Ashley, San Francisco, CA (US);
James Lee, San Mateo, CA (US);
Jeffrey Emery, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
J. Brook Burley, Mountain View, CA (US);
Benvenue Medical, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for distracting tissue and particularly spinal tissue. The device and method may include insertion of at least one elongated member and an augmenting member to form a structure between the tissues to be distraction, such that a dimensional aspect of the structure is augmented upon movement of the augmenting structure.