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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. 11, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2019
Applicant:
Nuvasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Patrick Miles, San Diego, CA (US);
Scot Martinelli, San Diego, CA (US);
Eric Finley, San Diego, CA (US);
James E. Gharib, San Diego, CA (US);
Allen Farquhar, San Diego, CA (US);
Norbert F. Kaula, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeffrey J. Blewett, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 5/24 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0206 (2013.01); A61B 1/32 (2013.01); A61B 5/24 (2021.01); A61B 17/02 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical access system including a tissue distraction 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 before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site.