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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2021
Applicant:
Medos International Sarl, Le Locle, CH;
Inventors:
John Riley Hawkins, Cumberland, RI (US);
Jörn Richter, Kandern, DE;
Eric Buehlmann, Duxbury, MA (US);
Daniel Thommen, Liestal, CH;
Roger Berger, Büren, CH;
Assignee:
Medos International Sarl, Le Locle, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible surgical access port is provided that includes a flexible body. The flexible body is configured to elastically expand in response to passage of a surgical equipment therethrough, and thus retracts as the surgical equipment moves past. Thus, the flexible body can provide a surgical access path through Kambin's Triangle, and large surgical equipment passed through the flexible body does not compress the exiting nerve or the traversing nerve root for a prolonged period of time.