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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2017
Spineloop Llc, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Tariq Ahmad Tramboo, Srinagar, IN;
Ashraf Taha, Irvine, CA (US);
SPINELOOP, LLC, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a method for performing a percutaneous laminoplasty that includes entering a first introducer needle introducing a first tool wire into an epidural space above a selected lamina, entering a first catcher exit needle that that is caught with the first introducer needle and pulled through a patient body and entering a second introducer needle introducing a second tool wire into the epidural space below the selected lamina. The method also includes entering a second catcher exit needle that is caught within the epidural space and pulled through the patient body, moving the caught first introducer needle and the first catcher exit needle back and forth to cut the lamina and moving the caught second introducer needle and the second catcher exit needle back and forth to cut the lamina. There is also a method for performing a percutaneous foraminoplasty.