Blade body for use with a surgical retractor
AssigneeThomas Stuart Loftus
InventorsThomas Stuart Loftus, James Scott Hay, Ryan Singh
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Abstract
A blade system configured for use with a surgical retractor comprising a blade body and a blade body surround. The blade body includes a retractor attachment structure engagable with a blade body mounting structure of the surgical retractor. The retractor attachment structure is configured for allowing the blade body to be independently pivotable about and translatable along the blade body mounting structure. The blade body surround includes a slot within a sidewall thereof. The blade body surround and the blade body are jointly configured to form a generally cylindrical-shaped structure when the blade body is in a seated position within the slot.
Claims22
A blade body for use with a surgical retractor, comprising:
- a first end portion;
- a second end portion;
- an interior surface extending between said end portions;
- an exterior surface extending between said end portions;
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- a retractor attachment structure at the first end portion extending from the exterior surface;
- wherein the retractor attachment structure is configured for allowing the blade body to be pivotable about a blade body mounting structure of the surgical retractor.
A blade system configured for use with a surgical retractor, comprising:
- a blade body including a retractor attachment structure engagable with a blade body mounting structure of the surgical retractor, wherein the retractor attachment structure is configured for allowing the blade body to be independently pivotable about and translatable along the blade body mounting structure;
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- a blade body surround including a slot within a sidewall thereof, wherein the blade body surround and the blade body are jointly configured to form a generally cylindrical-shaped structure when the blade body is in a seated position within the slot.
A surgical retractor apparatus, comprising:
- a retractor including a blade body mounting structure;
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- a blade body including a retractor attachment structure engaged with the blade body mounting structure, wherein the retractor attachment structure and the blade body mounting structure are jointly configured for allowing the blade body to be independently pivotable about and translatable along the blade body mounting structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.