Patent ID: 9265493
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: A61B,A61N,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A system for accessing a surgical target site, the system comprising: a trans-psoas dilator system, which includes at least a first dilator cannula, to create a tissue distraction corridor along the lateral, trans-psoas path through bodily tissue to the targeted intervertebral disc of the lumbar spine; a three-bladed tissue retraction assembly to maintain the tissue distraction corridor along the lateral, trans-psoas path through bodily tissue to the targeted intervertebral disc of the lumbar spine, the three-bladed retractor comprising: a spinal fusion implant sized and shaped to insert between the retractor blades along the trans-psoas path and into the targeted intervertebral disc of the lumbar spine while the retractor blades maintain the tissue-distraction corridor along the trans-psoas path.