US 12,232,713 B2
Retractor
Tyson Vogel, San Diego, CA (US); and Jason Blain, Encinitas, CA (US)
Assigned to Spinal Elements, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Spinal Elements, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/511,008.
Application 17/511,008 is a continuation of application No. 16/456,526, filed on Jun. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,179,146.
Application 16/456,526 is a continuation of application No. 15/504,581, granted, now 10,426,450, issued on Oct. 1, 2019, previously published as PCT/US2015/049211, filed on Sep. 9, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/048,639, filed on Sep. 10, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0096072 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0206 (2013.01) [A61B 5/4893 (2013.01); A61B 17/025 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0262 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A retractor comprising:
a first blade,
a first rotation mechanism configured to rotate the first blade,
a second blade,
a second rotation mechanism configured to rotate the second blade, wherein the first rotation mechanism and the second rotation mechanism are configured to rotate the first blade and the second blade independently, and
a third blade, wherein the third blade comprises a longitudinally extending slot configured to receive a probe, wherein longitudinal axes of the first blade, the second blade, and the third blade are aligned on substantially the same or the same plane in a closed position.