Surgical Devices and Deployment Apparatuses

Abstract

Surgical devices having a plurality of flexible fins capable of both inward convergence and outward flexion, provide for fluid retention and soft tissue retraction during surgical procedures. A hollow body member of the surgical devices has an inner wall forming a lumen along at least a length of the body member to form a port for a surgical tool, the body member having an outer surface in which a retraction ring is configured to mount around the outer surface of the body member, the retraction ring being further configured to slide along at least a portion of the outer surface of the body member between a distal end of the body member and a proximal end of a body member. The retraction ring can take various shapes including, but not limited to, annular shaped.

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