Patent ID: 11918488
Assignee: INNOVASIS INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A method for performing a minimally invasive oblique lateral interbody fusion surgery, the method comprising:
accessing a spinal column through a working channel device, wherein the working channel device has a proximal end and a distal end;
removing a vertebral disc with a number of tools, wherein a portion of the number of tools access the vertebral disc via the working channel device to cut the vertebral disc into pieces and wherein the pieces of the vertebral disc are removed via the working channel device; and
inserting and implanting a disc implant in a space from where the vertebral disc was removed,
wherein removing the vertebral disc includes cutting the vertebral disc into pieces with a disc extractor, a disc blade, and a disc rake.