Surgical access system and related methods
US8556808B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2033 |
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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 refraction 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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