CA2572634A1 - Sequential dilator system - Google Patents
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- CA2572634A1 CA2572634A1 CA002572634A CA2572634A CA2572634A1 CA 2572634 A1 CA2572634 A1 CA 2572634A1 CA 002572634 A CA002572634 A CA 002572634A CA 2572634 A CA2572634 A CA 2572634A CA 2572634 A1 CA2572634 A1 CA 2572634A1
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- A61B17/34—Trocars; Puncturing needles
- A61B17/3417—Details of tips or shafts, e.g. grooves, expandable, bendable; Multiple coaxial sliding cannulas, e.g. for dilating
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
- A61M29/00—Dilators with or without means for introducing media, e.g. remedies
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- A61B17/00234—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for minimally invasive surgery
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- A61B2017/00261—Discectomy
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- A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods
- A61B2017/0046—Surgical instruments, devices or methods with a releasable handle; with handle and operating part separable
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| US10/884,705 | 2004-07-02 | ||
| US10/884,705 US20060004398A1 (en) | 2004-07-02 | 2004-07-02 | Sequential dilator system |
| PCT/US2005/023627 WO2006014385A2 (en) | 2004-07-02 | 2005-06-30 | Sequential dilator system |
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| CA2572634A1 true CA2572634A1 (en) | 2006-02-09 |
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| CA002572634A Abandoned CA2572634A1 (en) | 2004-07-02 | 2005-06-30 | Sequential dilator system |
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| US (1) | US20060004398A1 (OSRAM) |
| EP (1) | EP1765447A2 (OSRAM) |
| JP (1) | JP2008504936A (OSRAM) |
| KR (1) | KR20070039939A (OSRAM) |
| CN (1) | CN101287415A (OSRAM) |
| AU (1) | AU2005270030A1 (OSRAM) |
| BR (1) | BRPI0512960A (OSRAM) |
| CA (1) | CA2572634A1 (OSRAM) |
| WO (1) | WO2006014385A2 (OSRAM) |
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