US 12,357,360 B2
Surgical instruments and related methods
Conrad Tyler Hammann, Carlsbad, CA (US); and Jonathan Daniel Briend, Del Mar, CA (US)
Assigned to NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/065,744.
Application 18/065,744 is a continuation of application No. 17/137,653, filed on Dec. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,553,952.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,571, filed on Dec. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0110202 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/808 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical instrument guide comprising:
an elongated body having a distal end;
a housing disposed at least partially within the elongated body and pivotably coupled to the elongated body; and
an actuator engaged with a proximal end of the elongated body and operably associated with the housing such that the housing pivots upon actuation of the actuator,
wherein, in a neutral position of the housing, the housing is positioned substantially within the elongated body,
wherein, in a first use position of the housing, a portion of a proximal end of the housing extends from a first side of the elongated body, and
wherein, in a second use position of the housing, a portion of the proximal end of the housing extends from a second side of the elongated body.