US 11,871,968 B2
Spinal fixation access and delivery system
Shigeru Tanaka, Half Moon Bay, CA (US); Christopher U. Phan, Dublin, CA (US); Christopher Lambert, Concord, CA (US); Nicholas Domek, Walnut Creek, CA (US); Bon Champ, Campbell, CA (US); and Edward Liou, Pleasanton, CA (US)
Assigned to Providence Medical Technology, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/614,888
Filed by Providence Medical Technology, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US)
PCT Filed May 18, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/033505
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 19, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/213779, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 22, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/508,434, filed on May 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0155205 A1, May 21, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7064 (2013.01) [A61B 17/7032 (2013.01); A61B 17/7037 (2013.01); A61B 17/7076 (2013.01); A61B 17/7086 (2013.01); A61B 17/1671 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01); A61B 2090/036 (2016.02)] 10 Claims
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1. A spinal fixation access and delivery system for accessing the cervical facet joint via a posterior access approach, the system comprising
an access device comprising
a body having a proximal portion and a distal portion; and
a chamfered or beveled end feature positioned at the distal portion of the body and configured for insertion at the cervical facet joint,
a guide device having access device engagement features; and
a spinal fixation member,
wherein the access device includes at least one guide device receiving feature complementary to or keyed to the engagement feature of the guide device, and
the guide device comprises at least one spinal fixation member engagement feature, and
the spinal fixation member includes at least one guide device receiving feature complementary to or keyed to the engagement feature of the guide device.