Surgical access system and related methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9572562
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14959454

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A system for accessing a surgical target site and related methods, involving an initial distraction system for creating an initial distraction corridor, and an assembly capable of distracting from the initial distraction corridor to a secondary distraction corridor and thereafter sequentially receiving a plurality of retractor blades for retracting from the secondary distraction corridor to thereby create an operative corridor to the surgical target site, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site.

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  • NUVASIVE, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Blewett, Jeffrey J - 83 27773
Farquhar, Allen - 113 10439
Finley, Eric Poway, US 177 14198
Gharib, James San Diego, US 85 10375
Kaula, Norbert F Arvada, US 54 3965
Martinelli, Scot Mountain Top, US 125 11182
Miles, Patrick San Diego, US 117 9994

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