Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiple portal guide
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Application No.: US14593592Application Date: 2015-01-09
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Publication No.: US09913636B2Publication Date: 2018-03-13
- Inventor: Paul Alexander Torrie , Richard Villar , Victor Ilizaliturri
- Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TN Memphis
- Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Memphis
- Agency: Burns & Levinson LLP
- Agent Joseph M. Maraia
- Main IPC: A61B17/02
- IPC: A61B17/02 ; A61B90/11 ; A61B17/17

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a guide assembly including a guide having a body and a joint including at least one through hole, wherein the joint is configured for sliding along a length of the body, and a first surgical device. The guide is coupled to the first surgical device and a longitudinal axis of the through hole is co-radial with an end of the first surgical device. Other guide assemblies and methods of creating multiple portals during surgery are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150126817A1 MULTIPLE PORTAL GUIDE Public/Granted day:2015-05-07
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