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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2009
Laurent B. Schaller, Los Altos, CA (US);
Steven S. Golden, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Emery, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
James K. Lee, San Mateo, CA (US);
Mark Y. Hirotsuka, San Jose, CA (US);
Russell J. Borg, Campbell, CA (US);
Laurent B. Schaller, Los Altos, CA (US);
Steven S. Golden, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Emery, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
James K. Lee, San Mateo, CA (US);
Mark Y. Hirotsuka, San Jose, CA (US);
Russell J. Borg, Campbell, CA (US);
Benvenue Medical, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Discectomy or disc preparation system that includes a guide member that is changeable from a deployment configuration for insertion into an intervertebral disc space to a deployed configuration upon being deployed into the intervertebral disc. The system also includes at least one tissue manipulator, such as cutting, scraping and extraction elements, that can be moved or tracked longitudinally along the guide member into and through the intervertebral disc space.