MOBILITY KITS FOR ENABLING AXIAL ACCESS AND PROCEDURES IN THE SPINE

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APP PUB NO 20080065080A1
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11942470

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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 INCWILMINGTON NC 28403

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ainsworth, Steven D Wilmington, NC 13 1856
Assell, Robert L Wilmington, NC 76 10357
Cragg, Andrew V Edina, MN 1 69
Dickhudt, Eugene A St. Paul, MN 71 11829

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