US 12,290,252 B2
Lateral access bridges, shims and lighting including rod lighting
Charles L. Bush, Jr., Wayne, NJ (US); Spencer Popejoy, Ringwood, NJ (US); and Steven F. Krause, Oakland, NJ (US)
Assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/885,240.
Application 17/885,240 is a continuation of application No. 16/639,385, granted, now 11,464,504, previously published as PCT/US2018/000344, filed on Aug. 17, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/650,579, filed on Mar. 30, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/546,796, filed on Aug. 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0378407 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/02 (2013.01) [A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00473 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00907 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01); A61B 2090/309 (2016.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for creating a portal to access a spine of a patient, the system comprising:
a surgical retractor including a plurality of cylindrical rods; and
a bridge for supporting access to a surgical site during surgery, the bridge configured to removably attached to the plurality of cylindrical rods, the bridge comprising:
a curved body with an outer surface and an inner surface having a first radius of curvature, a first side and an opposite second side, an upper side and an opposite lower side, a width dimension, a length dimension, and a thickness dimension,
wherein the width dimension is measured between the first side and the second side, the length dimension is measured between the upper side and the lower side, and the thickness dimension is measured between the inner surface and the outer surface, wherein the width dimension and the length dimension are each greater than the thickness dimension;
a partially-cylindrical first clip positioned on the inner surface of the curved body near the first side, the first clip extending along a length direction of the curved body and having a second radius of curvature less than the first radius of curvature, the first clip extending along a majority of the length dimension of the curved body;
a partially-cylindrical second clip positioned on the inner surface of the curved body near the second side, the second clip extending along a majority of the length dimension of the curved body;
wherein the first radius of curvature and the second radius of curvature are measured in a plane orthogonal to the length direction, and
wherein the first clip is adapted to receive a first cylindrical rod of the plurality of cylindrical rods of the surgical retractor and the second clip is adapted to receive a second cylindrical rod of the plurality of cylindrical rods of the surgical retractor, a length of the first and second cylindrical rods being oriented in the length direction when disposed in the first and second clips, respectively.