US 11,944,326 B2
Systems and methods for transcorporeal microdecompression
Ross Morris, Norristown, PA (US); Neil Crawford, Chandler, AZ (US); and Norbert Johnson, North Andover, MA (US)
Assigned to Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed by GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/392,484.
Application 17/392,484 is a continuation of application No. 16/660,135, filed on Oct. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,083,471.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/748,601, filed on Oct. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0361299 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/1757 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1631 (2013.01); A61B 17/1633 (2013.01); A61B 17/1635 (2013.01); A61B 17/1671 (2013.01); A61B 17/17 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transcorporeal microdecompression system comprising:
a plug extending from an upper end to a lower end and a side wall extending between the upper end and the lower end, the side wall tapering between the upper end and the lower end, the lower end configured to be inserted into an opening in a vertebra, the upper end having an insertion tool interface for securely attaching to an inserter, wherein the insertion tool interface includes an opening extending from the upper end to an inferior surface, the opening tapering from the inferior surface towards the upper end.