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AssigneeCook Medical Technologies LLC
InventorsJeffry S. Melsheimer, Leslie Cook, Brian Pak-Yun Feng, Nathan S. Steinbrunner, Joshua Haines, Amro Kamel
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Devices and methods for retracting tissue, such as bowels and organs, within the body of a patient are generally disclosed. In particular, the present disclosure describes surgical retractors having a series of intersecting strands defining openings there between, wherein the openings are enlargeable by slidable passage of the strands relative to one another. The present disclosure also teaches surgical retractors having a frame that defines a central opening and a supporting structure extending across the central opening and defining a plurality of openings, wherein the frame extends through the openings. In some embodiments, a surgical retractor comprises a monolithic polymeric structure extending across the central opening defined by a frame. Other embodiments and methods are disclosed.
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A surgical retractor for positioning within a body of a patient, comprising:
A surgical retractor for positioning within a body of a patient, comprising:
The surgical retractor of claim 12, wherein:
A surgical retractor for positioning within a body of a patient, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.