Surgical instrument
AssigneeSurgical Innovations Limited
InventorsDavid Main, Michael White
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Abstract
A surgical instrument including an elongate portion arranged, in use, to be inserted through a restricted opening into a body, the elongate portion being movable from a first configuration to a second, different configuration in which two parts of the instrument that are spaced from each other in the first configuration at least partially cross each other in the second configuration.
Claims26
A surgical instrument comprising a retractor, the retractor including an elongate portion arranged, in use, to be inserted through a restricted opening into a body, the elongate portion being movable from a first configuration to a second, different configuration in which in the second configuration three pairs of parts that are spaced from each other in the first configuration cross each other at different extents, for the pairs, along the instrument in the second configuration and in which, going along the extent of the instrument, the first and second pairs cross on the same side with the third pair crossing on the opposite side.
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