Systems and methods for treatment of compressed nerves

US8348966B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Thayer Intellectual Property, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Bruce M. McCormack · San Francisco, US
• Edward Fletcher Eyster · Helena, US
• Jeffrey D. Smith · Stillwater, US
• Edward Liou · Los Altos, US
• Jonathan Carver · Millbrae, US
• Peter How · Sunnyvale, US
• Joshua Druker · Redwood City, US
• Martin Leugers · San Francisco, US
• Shigeru Tanaka · Rue de l'Église, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 6, 2010
• Grant date: Jan 8, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 6, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/32006
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a system for releasing a ligament. In one embodiment, the system includes a proximal handle, a tubular body, and a flexible body. The tubular body includes a proximal end and a distal end. The handle is coupled to the proximal end. The flexible body extends through the tubular body and includes a tissue cutting portion. The flexible body is longitudinally displaceable relative to the tubular body to move the tissue cutting portion between a non-deployed state and a deployed state.