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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Jeff Barnes, San Diego, CA (US);
Eric Finley, Poway, CA (US);
Thomas Scholl, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1671 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to devices and methods directed towards accessing and forming holes in bone tissue including penetrating vertebral bones during surgical treatments of the spine, for example, to cannulate pedicles and form pilot holes for placing pedicle screws.