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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Spi Surgical, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Diana C. W. Friedman, Seattle, WA (US);
Blake Hannaford, Seattle, WA (US);
Devin Karns, Seattle, WA (US);
Aylin Z. Kim, Seattle, WA (US);
Louis Kim, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas S. Lendvay, Seattle, WA (US);
Kristen S. Moe, Seattle, WA (US);
James S. Pridgeon, Seattle, WA (US);
Jacob Rosen, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Laligam Sekhar, Seattle, WA (US);
SPI Surgical, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
An introducer and method provides a surgical tool with a pathway through tissue to a surgical site, wherein the surgical tool includes at least one surgical instrument. The introducer comprises a flexible sheath having a distal portion including a distal end and is arranged for receiving the surgical tool. A tissue separation tip at the distal portion of the sheath advances the sheath into the tissue towards the surgical site. The tissue separation tip is arranged to form a tissue gap and provide the at least one surgical instrument access to the tissue gap for performing a medical procedure consonant with the formation of the tissue gap or the performance of work at the surgical site.