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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2022
Applicant:
K2m, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US);
Inventors:
Kaitlin Elizabeth Anne McClymont, Reston, VA (US);
Erica Lynn Marron, Leesburg, VA (US);
Kern Singh, Chicago, IL (US);
Sheeraz Qureshi, New York, NY (US);
Mark Kurd, Wayne, PA (US);
Callie Frances Turlington, Falls Church, VA (US);
Assignee:
K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 17/0293 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an access instrument for creating a surgical working portal includes a body having a first end and a body length, a first slot having a first slot length running along the length of the body from the first end, and a second slot having a second slot length running along the length of the body from the first end, wherein the first slot length and the second slot length are less than the body length.