Radially expanding surgical retractor
AssigneeSymmetry Medical Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorBrad Parker
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Abstract
A radially expanding surgical retractor which includes a base having a thickness, the base having a first slot extending through the thickness in a first arc, and a second slot discrete from the first slot and extending through the thickness in a second arc. The radially expanding surgical retractor further includes a first handle, a second handle, a first blade extending through the first slot and connected to the first handle, and a second blade extending through the second slot and connected to the second handle.
Claims11
A radially expanding surgical retractor, comprising:
- a base having a thickness, said base including a first slot extending through said thickness in a first arc, and a second slot discrete from said first slot and extending through said thickness in a second arc;
- a first handle;
- a second handle;
- a first blade extending through said first slot and connected to said first handle;
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- a second blade extending through said second slot and connected to said second handle.
A method of using a radially expanding surgical retractor, comprising the steps of:
- providing a base having a thickness, said base including a first slot extending through said thickness in a first arc, said base including a second slot discrete from said first slot and extending through said thickness in a second arc, a first handle, a second handle, a first blade extending through said first slot and connected to said first handle, a second blade extending through said second slot and connected to said second handle and a bale rotatably mounted to one of said first handle and said second handle;
- inserting said first blade and said second blade into a surgical incision;
- rotating at least one of said first handle and said second handle into a near vicinity of an other of said first handle and said second handle, thereby positioning said first blade and said second blade in an opposed relationship and retracting said incision;
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- locking said first blade and said second blade in said opposed relationship by pivoting said bale so that said bale is inserted into a catch on an other of said first handle and said second handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.