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Patent Inventor Names
James Gharib1
Luiz Pimenta1
James Coleman Lee1
Thomas Scholl1
Date of Patent
October 24, 2017
1Patent Application Number
134348451
Date Filed
March 29, 2012
1Patent Citations Received
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Patent abstract
A surgical access system comprising a tissue dilation assembly and a tissue retraction assembly, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures and one or more pressure sensors for determining and monitoring pressure on neural structures near the tissue dilation assembly or the tissue retraction assembly.
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