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US 2017/0156580 A1Published application
Surgical access system and related methods
AssigneeNuVasive, Inc.
InventorsPatrick Miles, Scot Martinelli, Eric Finley
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Abstract
A surgical access system including a tissue distraction assembly and a tissue refraction 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 before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site.
Claims1
A system for accessing a surgical target site, comprising the steps of:
- a retractor assembly having a plurality of blades releasably coupled to a handle assembly, said plurality of blades capable of being advanced simultaneously to said surgical target site while in a closed position and thereafter selectively opened to create a customized operative corridor to said surgical target site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.