Exchange system for soft tissue access pathway

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20050149049A1
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10972065

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Disclosed are surgical tools, tool sets and methods for percutaneously accessing and preparing treatment sites within the spine for subsequent treatment procedures. The treatment site may be an inter-vertebral motion segments in the lumbar and sacral regions of the spine. The tool set may comprise introducer tools and bone dilators for accessing and tapping into a targeted site, such as, for example, the anterior surface of the S1 vertebral body. The tool set may also comprise cutters and extractors for preparing the treatment site for subsequent treatment procedures. The tool set may additionally comprise a bone graft inserter, an exchange system, and/or a temporary distraction tool for further preparing the treatment site for subsequent treatment procedures.

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TRANS1 INC411 LANDMARK DRIVE WILMINGTON NC 28412

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ainsworth, Stephen D Wilmington, NC 58 4156
Assell, Robert L Wilmington, NC 76 10896
Cragg, Andrew L Edina, MN 5 532
Dickhudt, Eugene A St. Paul, MN 71 12327

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