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US 2025/0025147 A1Published application
Minimally disruptive retractor and associated methods for spinal surgery
AssigneeNuVasive, Inc.
InventorsCasey James O'Connell, James Coleman Lee, Ali A. Shorooghi
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Abstract
This application describes a surgical retractor and related methods for providing access to a surgical target site for the purpose performing minimally invasive spinal fusion across one or more segments of the spinal column.
Claims20
A surgical retractor for maintaining an access corridor to a surgical site in which a surgical procedure is performed, the surgical retractor comprising:
- a retractor body having a first arm and a second arm spaced from the first arm;
- a first blade detachably coupled to the first arm and adapted to be attached to a first bone anchor configured to be inserted into a first bone;
- a second blade detachably coupled to the second arm and adapted to be attached to a second bone anchor configured to be inserted into a second bone.
A surgical retractor for maintaining an access corridor to a spinal surgical site in which a spinal surgical procedure is performed, the surgical retractor comprising:
- a retractor body having a first arm and a second arm spaced from the first arm, the first and second arms being movable relative to the retractor body;
- a first blade detachably and pivotably coupled to the first arm and adapted to be attached to a first pedicle screw configured to be inserted into a first vertebra;
- a second blade detachably and pivotably coupled to the second arm and adapted to be attached to a second pedicle screw configured to be inserted into a second vertebra, wherein the first and second arms of the surgical retractor are configured to distract an intervertebral space between the first and second vertebrae.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.