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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Newton H. Metcalf, Memphis, TN (US);
Kevin T. Foley, Germantown, TN (US);
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2924 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2936 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2939 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00339 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00607 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1407 (2013.01); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electro-surgical instrument includes a first member extending to an end having a first electrode. A second member extends to an end having a second return electrode. The ends define a spinal tissue cavity and are relatively translatable to selectively adjust the cavity such that the electrodes are oriented to ablate, cut and/or coagulate spinal tissue. Systems and methods are disclosed.