Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surgical access tube
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Application No.: US13775571Application Date: 2013-02-25
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Publication No.: US09968348B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Daniel Vennard , William Miller , Hewatt McGraw Sims
- Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Raynham
- Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Raynham
- Agency: Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC
- Main IPC: A61B1/32
- IPC: A61B1/32 ; A61B17/02

Abstract:
Implementations of the present disclosure provide an access tube including a wall structure and an optional handle extending from the wall structure. Selectively weakened areas facilitate selective resection of the wall structure to reveal windows that accommodate lateral intrusions by surrounding anatomical structures and/or provide increased access to an intervertebral disc. For example, a first distal weakened portion is configured to form a first window to afford lateral intrusion of a spinous process. A second distal weakened portion is configured to form a second window to afford lateral intrusion of facet. A proximal weakened portion is configured to afford additional angular access on a proximal end of the tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140243604A1 Surgical Access Tube Public/Granted day:2014-08-28
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