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US 2017/0360423 A1Published application
Removable medical retractor tip
AssigneeCook Medical Technologies LLC
InventorsAndrew R.L. Stevenson, Tiffany Burleigh, Michael William Ford, Carolina Gutierrez, Michael Carl Junger, James Macnaughtan, Caitlin Vizcay-Wilson
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Abstract
The exemplary embodiments illustrated provide the discovery of systems, methods, and apparatuses of removable tips for use with medical retractors in laparoscopic surgery that provide many benefits, including but not limited to, improving the efficiency and navigation to the target anatomy while maintaining adequate exposure to the target anatomy.
Claims20
A removable tip comprising:
- a substantially conical-shaped body comprising a proximal body portion and a distal body portion, wherein the proximal body portion comprises a substantially hollow portion and is configured for receiving a distal portion of a medical retractor, and wherein the distal body portion is atraumatic.
A medical retractor system comprising:
- a removable tip comprising:
- a substantially conical-shaped body comprising a proximal body portion and a distal body portion, wherein the proximal body portion comprises a substantially hollow portion and is configured for receiving a distal portion of a medical retractor, and wherein the distal body portion is atraumatic;
- a disengagement means in communication with the substantially conical-shaped body configured to disengage the substantially conical-shaped body from a distal portion of a medical retractor;
- a medical retractor having a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the distal portion is connected to the removable tip.
1 more element
A method for using a medical retractor system comprising:
- providing a medical retractor comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion;
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- providing a removable tip comprising a substantially conical-shaped body comprising a proximal body portion and a distal body portion, wherein the proximal body portion comprises a substantially hollow portion and is configured for receiving the distal portion of the medical retractor, and wherein the distal body portion is atraumatic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.