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Patent Inventor Names
Jeffrey L. Emery0
Laurent B. Schaller0
Mark Y. Hirotsuka0
Russell J. Borg0
Steven S. Golden0
James K. Lee0
Date of Patent
June 25, 2013
Patent Application Number
12640171
Date Filed
December 17, 2009
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Patent abstract
Discectomy or disc preparation system that includes a guide member that is changeable from a deployment configuration for insertion into an intervertebral disc space to a deployed configuration upon being deployed into the intervertebral disc. The system also includes at least one tissue manipulator, such as cutting, scraping and extraction elements, that can be moved or tracked longitudinally along the guide member into and through the intervertebral disc space.
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