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US 2015/0088211 A1Published application
Surgical access system
AssigneeSpectrum Spine IP Holdings, LLC
InventorJames C. Robinson
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Abstract
A portal for accessing a desired lamina portion of a desired cervical vertebra to perform a laminoplasty. In one aspect, a laminoplasty portal is presented that defines an interior conduit and has a first sidewall section and a second sidewall section.
Claims12
A surgical access portal comprising:
- a substantially circumferential sidewall defining an interior channel, the substantially circumferential sidewall comprising a first sidewall section having a proximal end and a distal end, and an opposed second sidewall section, having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the first sidewall section is configured to slide longitudinally with respect to the second sidewall section while remaining longitudinally connected to a portion of the second sidewall section, and wherein, the first sidewall section is configured to move from a first position where the distal ends of the first and second sidewall sections are substantially coextensive, to a second position, where the distal end of the first sidewall section is raised with respect to the distal end of the second sidewall section.
The surgical access portal of claim 8, wherein the distal end of the first sidewall section is angled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.