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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2021
Applicant:
Misonix, Incorporated, Farmingdale, NY (US);
Inventor:
Dan Voic, Cedar Grove, NJ (US);
Assignee:
MISONIX, LLC, Farmingdale, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1671 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00261 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1648 (2013.01); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical method utilizes a surgical instrument having an elongate probe with a distal end having at least one egress or outlet port. The method comprises inserting a distal end portion of the elongate probe into a spinal disc space adjacent two spinal vertebrae, ejecting or streaming a plasma jet from the at least one egress or outlet port into spinal disc material in the spinal disc space, and subsequently removing the elongate probe from the spinal disc space.