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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Nuvasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Casey James O'Connell, San Diego, CA (US);
James Coleman Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Ali A. Shorooghi, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0206 (2013.01); A61B 17/02 (2013.01); A61B 17/025 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00473 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01);
Abstract
This application describes a surgical retractor and related methods for providing access to a surgical target site for the purpose performing minimally invasive spinal fusion across one or more segments of the spinal column.