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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO A PRESACRAL SPACE

  • US 20090234399A1
  • Filed: 05/28/2009
  • Published: 09/17/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing access to a presacral space, the method comprising:

  • making an incision through the patient'"'"'s skin adjacent to the coccyx;

    inserting an elongated guide assembly through the incision to locate the guide assembly against the anterior surface of the sacrum, the elongated guide assembly having a guide assembly proximal end and a guide assembly distal ends, said guide assembly comprising an elongated tubular member having a tubular member lumen extending between a proximal tubular member end and a distal tubular member end;

    advancing the guide assembly distal end along the anterior surface in the cephalad direction until the guide assembly distal end is at a target area within the presacral space; and

    advancing the tubular member distal end to the target area, whereby the tubular member provides a percutaneous tract over or through the tubular member from the incision site to the target area within the presacral space.

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