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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2009
Applicant:
James L. Chappuis, Marietta, GA (US);
Inventor:
James L. Chappuis, Marietta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/025 (2013.01); A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3429 (2013.01); A61B 17/3431 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0262 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices and methods for temporarily retaining spinal rootlets within a dural sac are provided. In this regard, a representative device includes: a handle operative to be grasped by a user; an arm extending outwardly from the handle; and moveable fins supported at a distal end of the arm, the fins being moveable between an unbiased position and a biased position; in the biased position, free ends of the fins having been moved toward each other such that an extent of the fins along a major axis is decreased relative to an extent of the fins along the major axis in the unbiased position.