Access platform for internal mammary dissection
AssigneeCardio Thoracic Systems, Inc.
InventorsCharles S. Taylor, Ivan Sepetka
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Abstract
An access platform having a first and a second blade interconnected to a spreader member that laterally drives the blades apart or together and support pads interconnected to a blade. A torsional member is operably interconnected to a blade and the spreader member and is used to vertically displace the interconnected blade and, thus, increase a surgeon's working space and visual access for the dissection of an internal mammary artery. A tissue retractor interconnected to the blades and is used to draw the soft tissue around an incision away from the surgeon's working area.
Claims11
An access platform, comprising:
- a spreader member;
- a first blade and a second blade pivotally interconnected to said spreader member, said first and second blades being capable of rotating about an axis of rotation parallel to said spreader member;
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- first and second telescoping arms interposed between and releasably attached to said first and second blades.
An access platform comprising:
- a spreader member;
- a first blade and a second blade pivotally interconnected to said spreader member, said first and second blades being capable of rotating about and axis of rotation parallel to said spreader member;
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- a rib-offset pry bar releasably coupled to said first blade, wherein said pry bar includes a pry blade, an elongated body pivotally attached to said pry blade at one end of said body, and a sternal pad slidably received on said body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.