Method and devices for a sub-splenius / supra-levator scapulae surgical access technique

US9622779B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

• William C. Horton · Duxbury, US
• John Riley Hawkins · Raynham, US
• Christopher Ramsay · West Wareham, US
• Edward B. Zalenski · Lakeville, US
• Alexander Grinberg · Riverview, US
• Hassan Serhan · Easton, US
• Ernest Quintanilha · Norton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 26, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 18, 2017
• Expiry date: May 7, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/309
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A novel posterolateral inter-muscular approach has been developed to access the cervical spine. The approach includes elevating the splenius capitis and trapezios muscles dorsally to create a window for deep spine access, wherein the window comprises