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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2012
Jeffery L. Bleich, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Edwin J. Hlavka, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Vahid Saadat, Atherton, CA (US);
Steven A. Spisak, San Jose, CA (US);
David R. Miller, Austin, TX (US);
James R. Yurchenco, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jeffery L. Bleich, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Edwin J. Hlavka, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Vahid Saadat, Atherton, CA (US);
Steven A. Spisak, San Jose, CA (US);
David R. Miller, Austin, TX (US);
James R. Yurchenco, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Baxano Signal, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
Described herein are methods for achieving access to a compressed space in spinal anatomy. In some embodiments, a method for achieving access may include the steps of advancing a distal portion of a cannulated probe toward a neural foramen from a lateral side of the foramen, extending a first end of a elongate member from a distal end of the cannulated probe and through the neural foramen from the lateral side to a medial side of the foramen and at least partially around an anterior portion of a facet joint and posterior to a spinal disc, and extending the first end of the elongate member out of the patient, wherein a portion of the elongate member remains curved around the facet joint. In some embodiments, the method may further include the step of extending a first end of an inner cannula from a distal end of the cannulated probe.