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US 9,307,973 B2Granted
Muscle retractor for spine surgery
AssigneeSoonchunhyang University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation
InventorSoo-Bin Im
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AssigneeSoonchunhyang University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation
InventorSoo-Bin Im
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Provided is a muscle retractor for spine surgery including: first and second retractors having blades configured to support a spine and muscles, and insertion blocks extending from the blades and having facing open surfaces; an expander having expansion arms slidably inserted into the insertion blocks of the first and second retractors, a gear rack movably installed at both of the expansion arms and having a gear section formed at one surface thereof, and a ratchet installed at the expansion arm moving along the gear rack and locked to or released from the gear section of the gear rack; a slider accessibly inserted into the blade of the first retractor or the second retractor in a projected state; and an auxiliary plate pivotally installed at a lower portion of the blade of the first retractor of the first and second retractors supporting the muscles.
A muscle retractor for spine surgery for retracting muscles from a spine, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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For holding wounds open, e.g. retractors; Tractors: with antagonistic arms as supports for retractor elements
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for holding wounds open, e.g. retractors; Tractors
For holding wounds open, e.g. retractors; Tractors: joint distractors
Medical diagnosis and surgery
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This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2013-0012202, filed on Feb. 4, 2013, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a muscle retractor for spine surgery, and more particularly, to a muscle retractor for spine surgery capable of retracting and spreading muscles around a spine during spine surgery.
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a view showing a surgical area to which a muscle retractor for spine surgery of the present invention is applied;
FIG. 2 is a configuration view of the muscle retractor according to the present invention;
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While the present invention is shown and described in connection with exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
FIGS. 1 to 9 show a muscle retractor for spine surgery according to the present invention and components thereof.
As shown in FIG. 1, a muscle retractor for spine surgery 100 of the present invention is an apparatus inserted between a spine and muscles around the spine to retract the muscles from the spine.