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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Assaf Dekel, Neve-Savyon, IL;
Inventor:
Assaf Dekel, Neve-Savyon, IL;
Assignee:
Disc-o-Tech Medical Technologies Ltd., Herzlia Pituach, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of treating spinal stenosis, in which a rasp is brought through a part of a spinal channel and then axially moved so that the rasp removes a stenosis in the spinal channel. Optionally, a shield protects a spinal cord or other sensitive tissues in the spinal channel.