Hybrid radiolucent surgical operating tube
AssigneeAurora Spine, Inc.
InventorsLaszlo Garamszegi, Trent James Northcutt, Jeremi Leasure
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Abstract
An apparatus for sacroiliac fusion surgery is provided. The apparatus includes a tube that allows x-ray visualization of objects passing through the tube, the tube having a proximal end with an opening and a distal end with an opening. The tube further has one or more mounts on its distal end for attaching removable anchoring tips thereto. The apparatus further has one or more removable anchoring tips attached to the distal end of the tube with the one or more mounts. The tube is made of a material that is radiolucent and permits x-ray visualization of objects that are passed through the tube.
Claims8
An apparatus for sacroiliac fusion surgery comprising:
- a tube that allows x-ray visualization of objects passing through the tube, said tube having a proximal end with an opening and a distal end with an opening;
- one or more anchoring tips at the distal end of the tube, wherein the one or more anchoring tips each have an outer side and an inner side, and the outer sides have channels formed thereon, wherein the channels are configured to secure the anchoring tips in a sacroiliac joint;
- wherein the tube is made of a material that is radiolucent and permits x-ray visualization of objects that are passed through the tube.
A method of performing a sacroiliac fusion procedure on a subject comprising:
- locating the sacroiliac joint using radiographic imaging;
- inserting a guide pin through an incision on the subject and advancing the guide pin to the sacroiliac joint;
- providing a tube that allows x-ray visualization of objects passing through the tube, said tube comprising:
- a proximal end with an opening;
- a distal end with an opening;
- one or more anchoring tips at the distal end of the tube;
- wherein the tube is made of a material that is radiolucent and permits x-ray visualization of objects that are passed through the tube;
- guiding the distal opening of the radiolucent tube over the guide pin and advancing the tube to the site of sacroiliac joint, wherein the guide pin is visible in the radiographic image of the tube and guide pin even though the guide pin is inside a lumen of the tube;
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- securing the distal end of the radiolucent tube to the sacroiliac joint by forcing the anchoring tips into the sacroiliac joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.