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Retractor with modular tap assemblies

US10245015B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3Claims

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Assignee

Life Spine, Inc. · US

Inventors

Daniel Predick · Chicago, US
Michael S. Butler · St. Charles, US
Paul Christopher Zakelj · Chicago, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 2, 2017
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 2, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/0046
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A retractor assembly includes a base, a first side assembly coupled to a first side of the base and configured to translate relative to the base along a first direction, a first tap assembly coupled to the first side assembly and configured to threadingly engage bone, a second side assembly coupled to a second side of the base and configured to translate relative to the base along the first direction independent from the first side assembly, a second tap assembly coupled to the second side assembly and configured to threadingly engage bone, and a center assembly coupled to a center portion of the base. At least a portion of the center assembly is configured to translate relative to the base along a second direction different from the first direction.

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