Nerve deflecting conduit needle and method

Details Nerve deflecting conduit needle and method Nerve deflecting conduit needle and method

1996-06-27

1998-03-24

Schmidt, Jeffrey A.

Surgery

Instruments

Cutting, puncturing or piercing

606167, 128898, A61B 1734

Patent

active

057307547

ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to devices and methods for accessing the spinal epidural space via the neural foramen. In one aspect of this invention a deflecting conduit needle device is disclosed having an elongated body extending substantially along a first axis. The device has a proximal end and a distal end, and a transverse conduit, positioned along the distal one-eighth of the device and extending substantially along a second axis, wherein the second axis is positioned at an acute angle relative to the first axis. In another aspect of the invention a method is disclosed for accessing the spinal epidural space via the neural foramen.

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"Sales Brochure" for ViewPoint.TM. surgical workstation, Picker International, Cleveland, Ohio.

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