US 12,226,087 B2
Retractor
David Ortiz, Oceanside, CA (US); Kyle Elsabee, San Diego, CA (US); Jason Blain, Encinitas, CA (US); and Tyson Vogel, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Spinal Elements, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Spinal Elements, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/188,207.
Application 17/188,207 is a continuation of application No. 16/082,797, granted, now 10,973,505, previously published as PCT/US2017/019699, filed on Feb. 27, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/306,010, filed on Mar. 9, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0244398 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0206 (2013.01) [A61B 1/32 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of using a retractor, comprising:
making an incision in a tissue of a body;
inserting a first probe and a second probe into the incision;
inserting a third blade of a retractor over the first probe and the second probe;
removing the second probe;
inserting a shim along the third blade of the retractor, wherein inserting the shim along the third blade of the retractor comprises inserting the shim within a channel of the first probe; and
removing the first probe.