The present invention generally relates to medical devices, and more specifically to a lumbar facetectomy guide.
With the increase in life expectancy, the number of patients with spinal disease is on rise. Due to the increased patient age, surgeons now have to manage patients with increased medical co-morbidities such as lung, heart and kidney dysfunction. Consequently, more spinal surgeries are being performed as minimally invasive spine surgery. Moreover, endoscopic surgery is a subset of minimally invasive spine surgery that has been evolving rapidly and continuously to help manage older and sicker patients. Endoscopic surgery has advantages such minimal muscle and bone damage, less pain, early rehabilitation, reduced hospital stay and early return to work.
The following presents a simplified summary of the innovation in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the invention. This summary is not an extensive overview of the invention. It is intended to neither identify key or critical elements of the invention nor delineate the scope of the invention. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of the invention in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
In general, in one aspect, the invention features a lumbar facetectomy guide including a trajectory drill guide, a transforaminal rectangular cannula, and a stereotactic block, the stereotactic block including a first channel for receipt of the trajectory drill guide and a second channel for receipt of the transforaminal rectangular cannula.
In another aspect, the invention features a lumbar facetectomy guide including trajectory drill guides, a transforaminal rectangular cannula, and a stereotactic block, the stereotactic block including a channels for receipt of each of the trajectory drill guides and the transforaminal rectangular cannula.
In still another aspect, the invention features a method including providing a lumbar facetectomy guide, the lumbar facetectomy guide including a trajectory drill guide, a transforaminal rectangular cannula, and a stereotactic block, the stereotactic block including a first channel for receipt of the a trajectory drill guide and a second channel for receipt of the transforaminal rectangular cannula, establishing placement of the transforaminal rectangular cannula, placing the stereotactic block on the transforaminal rectangular cannula, incising the skin where the trajectory drill guide will enter, using a beveled tip of the transforaminal rectangular cannula to dilate muscle down to facet bone, drilling down the trajectory drill guide to the transforaminal rectangular cannula, and placing an endoscope in the transforaminal rectangular cannula and inspecting.
These and other features and advantages will be apparent from a reading of the following detailed description and a review of the associated drawings. It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are explanatory only and are not restrictive of aspects as claimed.
These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following description, appended claims, and accompanying drawings where:
The subject innovation is now described with reference to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals are used to refer to like elements throughout. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It may be evident, however, that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to facilitate describing the present invention.
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The lumbar facetectomy guide 300 is used as follows. First, a surgeon establishes placement of the transforaminal rectangular cannula 320. The stereotactic block 322 is placed on the transforaminal rectangular cannula 320. Skin is incised where the trajectory drill guide 310 will enter. A beveled tip of the transforaminal rectangular cannula 320 is used to dilate muscle down to facet bone. The surgeon drills safely down the trajectory drill guide 310 to the transforaminal rectangular cannula 320. The surgeon places an endoscope in the transforaminal rectangular cannula 320 and inspects.
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In summary, in the embodiments described above, a drill guide slides onto a transforaminal cannula and targets a center of Kambin's triangle, while the transforaminal rectangular cannula and protects the exiting nerve. The more medial traversing nerve root is safely avoided by targeting lateral to the medial pedicle wall of the inferior vertebra. The technique described here enables the bone removal needed to introduce a transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) or posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) cage without over-retracting the exiting or traversing root. The dimensions of Kambin's triangle, with the facet bone removed, are sufficient to allow for passage of an interbody cage.
It would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made to the illustrated embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present invention. All such modifications and changes are intended to be within the scope of the present invention except as limited by the scope of the appended claims.
This application is a Continuation-in-Part of International Application No. PCT/US2021/032536 filed May 14, 2021, which claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/030622 filed May 27, 2020, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
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63030622 | May 2020 | US |
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Parent | PCT/US2021/032536 | May 2021 | US |
Child | 17529635 | US |