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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2010
Applicants:
Christopher Ames, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory Causey, Erie, CO (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Ames, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory Causey, Erie, CO (US);
Assignee:
Lanx, Inc., Broomfield, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/66 (2006.01); A61B 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surgical instrument, generally in the form of an expandable elongate conduit, for use as a distractor and/or retractor. The conduit generally includes a first elongate trough and a second elongate trough movable between an expanded state and a collapsed state wherein the second trough is nestable with the first trough. The first and second troughs may be fastened to vertebrae to facilitate distraction and/or compression of the vertebrae relative to one another.