TOOLS BEING SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
ACUITY CUT-AWAY	CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.	4100 Hamline Avenue No. St. Paul MN 55112	Tools being surgical instruments for intravascular delivery of cardiac leads, namely, catheters, cutters, guidewire introducers, guidewire torquers, hemostasis valves, and stopcocks;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

Surgical techniques and instruments are provided for performing surgical procedures in a disc space. The instrument includes a sleeve having a distal end and an opposite proximal end and a working channel extending therebetween. The working channel includes a first portion and an adjacent second portion configured to receive surgical instruments therethrough. A cap member is secured to the sleeve at the proximal end. The cap member has a sealable access port substantially aligned with a corresponding one of the first or second portions. The cap member is movable with respect to the sleeve to substantially align the access port with the other of the first and second portions while the working channel remains sealed. Various techniques using various surgical instruments in laparoscopic procedures are also disclosed.