Sliding hook assembly for use with a surgical retractor stay apparatus and methods for use
AssigneeLone Star Medical Products, Inc.
InventorJames M. Fowler
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Abstract
The sliding hook assembly has an integrally formed handle body encapsulating a hook member which can be used to engage a physical restraint in the surgical field in the absence of the use of a slotted surgical retractor frame. The sliding hook assembly further includes an opening with a notch for receiving and securing the elastic member of a surgical retractor stay.
Claims53
A sliding hook assembly for use with a surgical stay elastic member comprising:
- (a) a handle body having proximal and distal end portions;
- (b) a hook member having proximal and distal end portions, a portion of the hook member being encapsulated by the handle body;
- (c) an opening in the proximal end of the handle body for receiving an elastic member;
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- (d) the opening communicating with a notch for securing the elastic member.
A sliding hook assembly system comprising:
- (a) a surgical retractor stay apparatus having an elastic member having a width and a stay hook member received by the elastic member;
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- (b) a sliding hook assembly comprising:
- (1) a handle body having proximal and distal end portions;
- (2) a hook member having proximal and distal end portions, a portion of the hook member being encapsulated by the handle body;
- (3) an opening in the proximal end of the handle body for receiving the elastic member;
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- (4) the opening communicating with a notch for securing the elastic member.
A sliding hook assembly system comprising:
- (a) a frame that conforms to a patient's body at a surgical site;
- (b) a surgical retractor stay apparatus having an elastic member and a stay hook member received by the elastic member;
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- (c) a sliding hook assembly comprising:
- (1) a handle body having proximal and distal end portions;
- (2) a hook member having proximal and distal end portions, a portion of the hook member being encapsulated by the handle body;
- (3) an opening in the proximal end of the handle body for receiving an elastic member;
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- (4) the opening communicating with a notch for securing the elastic member.
A method of retracting tissue at an incision during surgery upon a portion of a patient's body at a surgical site, comprising the steps of:
- (a) securing a sliding hook assembly to a restraint, the sliding hook assembly comprising:
- (1) a handle body having proximal and distal end portions;
- (2) a hook member having proximal and distal end portions, a portion of the hook member being encapsulated by the handle body;
- (3) an opening in the proximal end of the handle body for receiving the elastic member;
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- (4) the opening communicating with a notch for securing the elastic member;
- (b) attaching a surgical retractor stay having an elongated elastic member and a tissue holding member by securing the elastic member in the notch of the sliding hook assembly and engaging tissue with the tissue holding member;
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- (c) removing the sliding hook assembly and stay after completing the surgical procedure.
A method of retracting tissue at an incision during surgery upon a portion of a patient's body at a surgical site, comprising the steps of:
- (a) fitting a frame to a patient's body at a surgical site;
- (b) securing a sliding hook assembly to the frame, the sliding hook assembly comprising:
- (1) a handle body having proximal and distal end portions;
- (2) a hook member having proximal and distal end portions, a portion of the hook member being encapsulated by the handle body;
- (3) an opening in the proximal end of the handle body for receiving the elastic member;
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- (4) the opening communicating with a notch for securing the elastic member;
- (c) attaching a surgical retractor stay having an elongated elastic member and a tissue holding member by securing the elastic member in the notch of the sliding hook assembly and engaging tissue with the tissue holding member;
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- (d) removing the sliding hook assembly, frame and stay after completing the surgical procedure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.