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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Spinal Usa, Inc., Parsippany, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Faheem A. Sandhu, Washington, DC (US);
Assignee:
Spinal USA, Inc., Parsippany, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 17/025 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01);
Abstract
A retractor assembly for defining a working channel to a surgical site for conducting minimally invasive spinal surgery includes a plurality of relatively articulable components. Temporary interconnections are formed between adjacent sidewalls of the components to hold the components in a desired configuration, such as in a closed triangular form. The components are articulable relative to each other for adjusting the working channel or for performing surgical functions.