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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Berkowitz, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Brian Flint, Eagleville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/02 (2013.01); A61B 17/3421 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1003 (2013.01);
Abstract
An expandable tissue dilator for dilating tissue around a spinal column includes a housing and a shaft at least partially positioned distally of the housing and adapted to pierce a tissue around the spinal column. An expandable member attached to the housing expands around a portion of the shaft to dilate the pierced tissue in a single-pass dilation resulting in a reduction of any traumatic impingement of nerves or muscle tissue and reduction in procedure time.