Surgical access system and related methods
US7207949B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 25, 2005 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 25, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S606/909
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A surgical access system including a tissue distraction assembly and a tissue retraction 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.
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