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US 10,869,660 B2Granted
Malleable retractor for spinal surgery
OwnerBret Michael Berryinventor
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to a retractor. Specifically, this invention relates to a malleable retractor designed to retract soft tissue and create a surgical opening to provide visualization of and access to the spine.
Claims11
A retractor device comprising:
- a base section;
- two or more blades extending from said base section, wherein each of said blades has a first end attached to an outer edge of said base section and a second end that is opposite said first end;
- one or more anchor ports formed in said base section;
- wherein said one or more anchor ports are positioned between an inner edge of said base section and said outer edge of said base section;
- wherein each of said blades has a curved shape;
- and
- wherein said base section has circular shape and said curved shape of each of said blades corresponds to said circular share of said base section.
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A retractor device comprising:
- a base section;
- an aperture formed in said base section, wherein said aperture is defined by an inner edge of said base section;
- two or more blades extending from said base section, wherein each of said blades has a first end attached to an outer edge of said base section and a second end that is opposite said first end;
- one or more anchor ports formed in said base section;
- wherein said one or more anchor ports are positioned between said inner edge of said base section and said outer edge of said base section;
- wherein each of said blades has a curved shape;
- and
- wherein said base section has circular shape and said curved shape of each of said blades corresponds to said circular shape of said base section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.