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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2009
Britt K. Norton, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Christine M. Horton, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Jeremy J. Ling, St. Paul, MN (US);
Britt K. Norton, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Christine M. Horton, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Jeremy J. Ling, St. Paul, MN (US);
Corespine Technologies, LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for removing tissue from an intervertebral disc are disclosed. The apparatus can include an elongated guide tube, a rotary cutting member and a drive shaft. Other apparatus can include an elongated guide tube, an inner guide tube, a cutting head, a rotary cutting member and a drive shaft. The elongated guide tube has a bendable end. The apparatus are generally configured to extend and withdraw a rotary cutting member while controllably bending the bendable end of the guide tube.