PERCUTANEOUS SPINAL STENOSIS TREATMENT

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APP PUB NO 20080103504A1
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11870370

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A method for percutaneously removing ligamentum flavum tissue in a spine to treat spinal stenosis may involve percutaneously advancing a distal portion of a tissue removal cannula into the ligamentum flavum tissue, uncovering a side-opening aperture disposed on the distal portion of the cannula to expose a tissue cutter disposed in the cannula, and cutting ligamentum flavum tissue using the tissue cutter while the aperture is uncovered. A device for percutaneously removing ligamentum flavum tissue in a spine to treat spinal stenosis may include a cannula including a side-facing aperture, an aperture cover slidably coupled with the cannula and configured to advance and retract to cover and uncover the aperture, and a tissue cutter slidably disposed within the cannula and configured to extend through the aperture to cut ligamentum flavum tissue.

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BAXANO INC655 RIVER OAKS PARKWAY SAN JOSE CA 95134

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bleich, Jeffery L Palo Alto, CA 79 9396
Miller, Eric C Los Gatos, CA 38 1969
SCHMITZ, Gregory P Los Gatos, CA 73 5680
Smith, Scott M Redwood Shores, CA 18 690

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