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Patent No.:

US 8956359 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2013

Method, implant and instruments for percutaneous expansion of the spinal canal

Applicant:

Innovative Surgical Designs, Inc., Bloomington, IN (US);

Inventors:

D. Greg Anderson, Moorestown, NJ (US);

Barry Turner, Columbus, IN (US);

Wayne Beams, Bloomington, IN (US);

Assignee:

Innovative Surgical Designs, Inc., Bloomington, IN (US);

Attorney:

Blank Rome LLP

Primary Examiner:

Pedro Philogene

Assistant Examiner:

David Comstock

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1637 (2013.01); A61B 17/14 (2013.01); A61B 17/1617 (2013.01); A61B 17/1671 (2013.01); A61B 17/7071 (2013.01); A61B 17/8685 (2013.01); A61B 17/148 (2013.01); A61B 17/1631 (2013.01); A61B 17/8004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22038 (2013.01);
Abstract

A bone saw including a flexible, rectangular saw blade having a central longitudinal axis and a cutting edge at a distal tip, and a shaft. The shaft has a central longitudinal axis, and a blade passage within the shaft that houses the saw blade, where the central longitudinal axis of the saw blade, of the shaft, and of the blade passage, are parallel. Further included is a blade opening located through a distal end of the shaft and of the blade passage, the blade opening being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. Also, a curved abutment can exist within the blade passage, aligning the saw blade with the blade opening. Distally translating the saw blade within the blade passage can cause the saw blade to conform to the curved abutment and exit the blade opening with the cutting edge essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Anderson, D.. (2015). Method, implant and instruments for percutaneous expansion of the spinal canal (U.S. Patent No. 8956359). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8956359

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