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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2012
Applicants:
James Coleman Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas Scholl, San Diego, CA (US);
James Gharib, San Diego, CA (US);
Luiz Pimenta, Sao Paulo, BR;
Inventors:
James Coleman Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas Scholl, San Diego, CA (US);
James Gharib, San Diego, CA (US);
Luiz Pimenta, Sao Paulo, BR;
Assignee:
NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0206 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0023 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00048 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0262 (2013.01); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02);
Abstract
A surgical access system comprising a tissue dilation assembly and a tissue retraction assembly, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures and one or more pressure sensors for determining and monitoring pressure on neural structures near the tissue dilation assembly or the tissue retraction assembly.