Patent ID: 9095301
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of performing spine surgery comprising: providing: a surgical access device including: first and second frame members; a rotatable member operatively coupled with the first frame member; first and second guide members having the first and second frame members mounted thereon, each of the first and second guide member including two arms that are coplanar, wherein the two arms of the first guide member are pivotably coupled to the two arms of the second guide member, such that the first frame member is disposed between the two arms of the first guide member and the second frame member is disposed between the two arms of the second guide member, the first frame member translatable relative to the second frame member in response to rotation of the rotatable member; and first and second retractor blades, each of the first and second retractor blades defining at least one longitudinal groove and releasably attached to the first and second frame members, respectively, the first and second retractor blades movable within the first and second guide members; and a guide pin; advancing the guide pin into tissue; mounting the surgical access device over the guide pin; retracting open the surgical access device by translating the first frame member away from the second frame member; and removing the guide pin.