Patent ID: 11883064
Assignee: MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SARL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of accessing an intervertebral disc in a patient, comprising:
a) making an incision in a skin of the patient,
b) percutaneously inserting through the incision an outer shield having a substantially tubular shape, the outer shield having a length adapted to extend from the incision to a superior articular process in the spine of the patient,
c) resecting at least a lateral portion of the superior articular process,
d) inserting an inner shield through the outer shield so that a distal end portion of the inner shield extends to the disc, the inner shield having an outer surface,
e) disposing a video chip in a distal end portion of a channel of the outer shield, wherein the channel opens into the inner surface of the outer shield at least at the distal end portion of the outer shield.