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US 6,805,666 B2Granted

Pivotal and illuminated saphenous vein retractor with tapered design

OwnerDonna D. Holland, Douglas G. Evansinventors

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An illuminated surgical retractor for defining and illuminating a subcutaneous surgical field in the space near a vessel (such as the saphenous vein or radial artery) during a procedure for harvesting the vessel, wherein the illuminated surgical retractor includes a handle member pivotally connected at an acute angle to a first elongate section that has an at least partially tapered width, and includes a second elongate section releasably connected to the first elongate section, wherein a portion of the second elongate section defines an illumination input end portion, which is optically coupled to a light source to substantially illuminate the second elongate section, and further including an insertion area positioned on the proximal end portion of the first elongate section to allow the second elongate section to be inserted into the first elongate section.

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An illuminated surgical retractor comprising:

a handle member having a first handle member end portion and a second handle member end portion;
a first elongate section having length, a first elongate proximal end portion, a first elongate distal end portion, and a first elongate inner surface extending from the first elongate proximal end portion to near the first elongate distal end portion, at least a portion of the first elongate section having a substantially non-uniform width, wherein the first elongate section includes a proximal tip, and wherein the width of the first elongate section tapers from about the proximal tip to about the first elongate distal end portion, the second handle member end portion of said handle member connected to the first elongate distal end portion of said first elongate section such that said handle member forms an acute angle with said first elongate section;
and
a second elongate section having a second elongate proximal end portion, a second elongate distal end portion, and a second elongate outer surface extending from the second elongate proximal end portion to near the second elongate distal end portion, and a second elongate inner surface extending from the second elongate proximal end portion to near the second elongate distal end portion, said second elongate section connected to said first elongate section such that said first and second elongate sections are substantially parallel;
said second handle member end portion having a connector associated therewith, wherein a pivotal connector couples the first elongate section and the handle member, and wherein said second handle member end portion is adapted to optically couple the second elongate section to a source of illumination so that said second elongate section is substantially illuminated.

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An illuminated surgical retractor comprising:

a handle member having a first handle member end portion and a second handle member end portion;
a first elongate section having length, a first elongate proximal end portion, a first elongate distal end portion, and a first elongate inner surface extending from the first elongate proximal end portion to near the first elongate distal end portion, at least a portion of the first elongate section having a substantially non-uniform width, wherein the width of the first elongate Section tapers both inwardly and outwardly to define a flanged section of the first elongate section, the second handle member end portion of said handle member connected to the first elongate distal end portion of said first elongate section such that said handle member forms an acute angle with said first elongate section;
and
a second elongate section having a second elongate proximal end portion, a second elongate distal end portion and a second elongate outer surface extending from the second elongate proximal end portion to near the second elongate distal end portion, and a second elongate inner surface extending from the second elongate proximal end portion to near the second elongate distal end portion, said second elongate section connected to said first elongate section such that said first and second elongate sections are substantially parallel;
said second handle member end portion having a connector associated therewith, wherein a pivotal connector couples the first elongate section and the handle member, and wherein said second handle member end portion is adapted to optically couple the second elongate section to a source of illumination so that said second elongate section is substantially illuminated.

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An illuminated surgical retractor comprising:

a handle member having a first handle member end portion and a second handle member end portion;
a first elongate section having a first elongate proximal end portion, a first elongate distal end portion, and a first elongate inner surface extending from the first elongate proximal end portion to near the first elongate distal end portion, at least a portion of the first elongate section having a tapered width, wherein the first elongate section includes a proximal tip, and wherein the width of the first elongate section tapers from about the proximal tip to about the first elongate distal end portion, the second handle member end portion of said handle member operatively connected to the first elongate distal end portion of said first elongate section such that said handle member forms an acute angle with said first elongate section;
and
a second elongate section having a lengthwise dimension and a second elongate proximal end portion, a second elongate distal end portion and a second elongate outer surface extending from the second elongate proximal end portion to near the second elongate distal end portion, and a second elongate inner surface extending from the second elongate proximal end portion to near the second elongate distal end portion, said second elongate section defining an illumination output portion and being generally aligned with the first elongate section;
said second handle member end portion having a pivotal connector associated therewith and said pivotal connector pivotally couples the first elongate section and the handle member and said second handle member end portion is adapted to optically couple the second elongate section to a source of illumination so that said second elongate section is illuminated.

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An illuminated surgical retractor comprising:

a handle member having a first handle member end portion and a second handle member end portion;
a first elongate section having a first elongate proximal end portion, a first elongate distal end portion, and a first elongate inner surface extending from the first elongate proximal end portion to near the first elongate distal end portion, at least a portion of the first elongate section having a tapered width, wherein the width of the first elongate section tapers both inwardly and outwardly to define a flanged section of the first elongate section, the second handle member end portion of said handle member operatively connected to the first elongate distal end portion of said first elongate section such that said handle member forms an acute angle with said first elongate section;
and
a second elongate section having a lengthwise dimension and a second elongate proximal end portion, a second elongate distal end portion and a second elongate outer surface extending from the second elongate proximal end portion to near the second elongate distal end portion, and a second elongate inner surface extending from the second elongate proximal end portion to near the second elongate distal end portion, said second elongate section defining an illumination output portion and being generally aligned with the first elongate section;
said second handle member end portion having a pivotal connector associated therewith and said pivotal connector pivotally couples the first elongate section and the handle member and said second handle member end portion is adapted to optically couple the second elongate section to a source of illumination so that said second elongate section is illuminated.

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An illuminated surgical retractor comprising:

a handle member having a first handle member end portion and a second handle member end portion;
a first elongate section having a first elongate proximal end portion, a first elongate distal end portion, and a first elongate inner surface extending from the first elongate proximal end portion to near the first elongate distal end portion, at least a portion of the first elongate section having a tapered width, wherein the first elongate section includes a proximal tip, and wherein the width of the first elongate section tapers from about the proximal tip to about the first elongate distal end portion, the second handle member end portion of said handle member connected to said first elongate section such that said handle member forms an acute angle with said first elongate section;
a second elongate section having a second elongate proximal end portion, a second elongate distal end portion and a second elongate outer surface extending from the second elongate proximal end portion to near the second elongate distal end portion, and a second elongate inner surface extending from the second elongate proximal end portion to near the second elongate distal end portion, said second elongate section connected to said first elongate section such that said first and second elongate sections are substantially aligned, the second elongate distal end portion of said second elongate section defining an illumination output member;
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an insertion area on the first elongate proximal end portion for the receipt of at least a portion of the second elongate section therein.

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An illuminated surgical retractor comprising:

a handle member having a first handle member end portion and a second handle member end portion;
a first elongate section having a first elongate proximal end portion, a first elongate distal end portion, and a first elongate inner surface extending from the first elongate proximal end portion to near the first elongate distal end portion, at least a portion of the first elongate section having a tapered width, wherein the width of the first elongate section tapers both inwardly and outwardly to define a flanged section of the first elongate section, the second handle member end portion of said handle member connected to said first elongate section such that said handle member forms an acute angle with said first elongate section;
a second elongate section having a second elongate proximal end portion, a second elongate distal end portion and a second elongate outer surface extending from the second elongate proximal end portion to near the second elongate distal end portion, and a second elongate inner surface extending from the second elongate proximal end portion to near the second elongate distal end portion, said second elongate section connected to said first elongate section such that said first and second elongate sections are substantially aligned, the second elonaate distal end portion of said second elongate section defining an illumination output member;
and
an insertion area on the first elongate proximal end portion for the receipt of at least a portion of the second elongate section therein.

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An illuminated surgical retractor comprising:

a handle member having a first handle member end portion and a second handle member end portion and at least a portion thereof that is illuminated in use;
a first elongate section having a first elongate proximal end portion, a first elongate distal end portion, and a first elongate inner surface extending from the first elongate proximal end portion to near the first elongate distal end portion, at least a portion of the first elongate section having an outwardly tapering width, wherein the first elongate section includes a proximal tip, and wherein the width of the first elongate section outwardly tapers from about the proximal tip to about the distal end portion, the second handle member end portion of said handle member connected to the first elongate distal end portion of said first elongate section such that said handle member is pivotal with respect thereto and forms an acute angle with said first elongate section;
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a second elongate section having a second elongate proximal end portion, a second elongate distal end portion, and a second elongate outer surface extending from the second elongate proximal end portion to near the second elongate distal end portion, and a second elongate inner surface extending from the second elongate proximal end portion to near the second elongate distal end portion, the second elongate distal end portion of said second elongate section defining an illumination output member.

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Application: 10/154,183Filed 23 May 2002
Published: US 2003/0220547 A127 Nov 2003
Granted: 19 Oct 2004
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A61B 17/00008
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: vein tendon strippers
A61B 17/02
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for holding wounds open, e.g. retractors; Tractors
A61B 2017/00969
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: used for transplantation
A61B 2017/320044
Surgical cutting instruments: blunt dissectors

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