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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Inventor:
Zoher Bootwala, West Chester, PA (US);
Assignee:
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/24 (2021.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/24 (2021.01); A61B 17/02 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0225 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0468 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dilation system and method for accessing a surgical target site to perform surgical procedures. In one version, the dilation system includes a dilation assembly and an actuating mechanism. The dilation assembly comprises plurality of dilator segments. The actuating mechanism is operably associated with the dilator segments so as to cause the dilator segments to move from a collapsed state to an expanded state.