Surgical retractor securing apparatus
AssigneeAllegiance Corporation
InventorsDaniel Bass, Udo Wiedenmaier
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Abstract
A surgical retractor securing apparatus includes an adjustable securing device which attaches the apparatus to the surgical accessory bar of a halo style head fixation device and a capture assembly that releasably engages the elasticized band of a scalp hook retractor. The adjustable securing device compressively grips along a portion the length of a surgical accessory bar or otherwise attaches to an external support, providing a plurality of attachment points. The capture assembly may include a pivotable cam that releasably grips the elasticized band of a scalp hook retractor by compressing the band between the gripping cam and the surgical accessory bar or other external support.
Claims20
A surgical retractor securing apparatus adapted to be releasably secured to a surgical accessory bar and operative to releasably retain an elasticized band, comprising:
- an adjustable securing device for gripping the surgical accessory bar at a proximal end of the adjustable securing device;
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- a capture assembly mounted at a distal end of the adjustable securing device for releasably retaining the elasticized band.
The apparatus according to clam 7, wherein the pivot assembly comprises a shoulder bolt wherein a proximal end is formed with all enlarged head and a tool engager and a distal end is formed with a threaded device engager and the device pivot assembly receiver further includes a cooperating thread structure to receive the threaded device engager.
A surgical retractor securing apparatus adapted to be releasably secured to a surgical accessory bar and operative to releasably retain an elasticized band, comprising:
- an adjustable securing device for gripping the surgical accessory bar at a proximal end of the adjustable securing device formed with a device pivot assembly receiver;
- an accessory bar compression adjuster secured to the adjustable securing device to grip and release the surgical accessory bar;
- a capture assembly formed with a capture pivot assembly receiver to releasably retain the elasticized band;
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- a pivot assembly for joining the capture assembly to the adjustable securing device.
A device for releasably retaining an elasticized band during surgery adapted to be releasably secured to a surgical accessory bar, comprising:
- a means for adjustably gripping the surgical accessory bar;
- a means for releasably capturing the elasticized band;
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- a means for coupling the adjustable gripping means and the capturing means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.