Decompression system and methods of use
AssigneeTravis Greenhalgh
InventorTravis Greenhalgh
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Abstract
A decompression surgery system includes an instrument shuttle configured to engage a first side of a target anatomical location, the instrument shuttle including a track. The system further includes a working channel configured to couple to and advance along the track of the instrument shuttle, the working channel having a distal end configured to engage a second side of the target anatomical location so that the target anatomical location is positioned between a portion of the instrument shuttle and the distal end of the working channel. The working channel is configured to receive one or more instruments therethrough.
Claims20
A method for performing a decompression surgery, the method comprising:
- advancing a working channel to a lamina through an incision such that a distal end of the working channel engages the lamina;
- advancing a guide into the working channel, the guide comprising a lumen configured to align with the lamina;
- advancing an instrument through the lumen along a first path defined by the lumen;
- and
- advancing the instrument through the lumen along a second path defined by the lumen, wherein the guide prevents the instrument from advancing along the first path while the instrument is positioned within the lumen along the second path.
A method for performing a decompression surgery, the method comprising:
- advancing an instrument through a lumen of a guide along a first path, the first path aligned with a first portion of a lamina, wherein the guide is positioned within a working channel, wherein a distal end of the working channel is engaged with the lamina;
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- advancing the instrument through the lumen along a second path defined by the lumen, the second path aligned with a second portion of the lamina, wherein the guide prevents the instrument from advancing along the first path while the instrument is positioned within the lumen along the second path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.