Surgical Retractor
AssigneeAOD Holdings, LLC
InventorsThomas D. Ferro, Donald J. Lee, Joseph Phillips, Christiana M. Ferro, Austin T. Ferro, Scott C. Gill
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Abstract
A surgical retractor and configured to minimize tearing of the gloves without compromising the ability to grip tissue. The surgical retractor has a handle, a blade, and a plurality of retraction elements. The retraction elements may be fixed to the blade but arranged in a specific configuration that minimizes tearing of the gloves without compromising the ability to grip tissue. The retraction elements may also be made deployable by having a deployed configuration in which the retraction elements are exposed, and a stowed configuration in which the retraction elements are hidden.
Claims21
1-23. (canceled)
A surgical retractor, comprising:
- a. a handle;
- b. a blade operatively connected to the handle via a neck;
- and
- c. a plurality of retraction elements projecting from the blade,
- wherein the retraction elements are configured to minimize tearing of a glove during use without compromising gripping action against tissue,
- wherein each retraction element comprises a base, a back wall, an anterior side, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall,
- wherein the base and the back wall define a posterior edge, the back wall and the first sidewall define a first dorsolateral edge, the back wall and the second sidewall define a second dorsolateral edge, the base and the first sidewall define a first ventrolateral edge, and the base and the second sidewall define a second ventrolateral edge,
- wherein the back wall, the anterior side, the first sidewall, and the second sidewall of each retraction element converge at a curved tip, and
- wherein each curved tip is defined by at least two radii of curvatures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.