Surgery – Specula – Retractor
Patent
1995-05-05
1997-12-16
Flanagan, Beverly M.
Surgery
Specula
Retractor
600210, 600215, 600219, 600235, A61B 1102
Patent
active
056978898
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides endoscopic instrumentation and surgical techniques especially useful for accessing at least a portion of an intervertebral disc. Vertebrae spreading instruments are provided for spreading adjacent vertebrae to facilitate access to the intervertebral disc are. The disclosed surgical method uses an anterior approach to access the intervertebral disc and spreads adjacent vertebrae utilizing an endoscopic vertebrae spreading instrument.
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Castro Salvatore
Green David T.
Mililli Carlo A.
Ratcliff Keith
Slotman Gus J.
Flanagan Beverly M.
Slotman Gus J.
Stein Sherman
United States Surgical Corporation
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