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US 2017/0361012 A1Published application
Tissue retractor
OwnerJohn Richard Parkerinventor
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Abstract
A devise for retracting or opening a tissue wound employs two retractor arms that do not enter or penetrate into the wound. The retractor arms engage the tissue on either side of the wound and apply outward pressure on the tissue surface to open the wound.
Claims2
An apparatus for retracting skin wounds comprising:
- a) a syringe having a projecting extension at its delivery end through which fluid may be drawn into and expelled from the syringe;
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- b) a retraction and fluid delivery assembly further comprising:
- i) a fluid delivery tube having at a first end a means for attaching the tube to the syringe projecting extension and having at a second end a nozzle;
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- ii) two flexible spreader arms fixedly attached to the delivery tube on opposite sides of the tube and extending beyond the end of the nozzle
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