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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2017
Tedan Surgical Innovations, Llc., Sugarland, TX (US);
Daniel Bass, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Adam Young, Redwood City, CA (US);
TEDAN SURGICAL INNOVATIONS, LLC., Sugarland, TX (US);
Abstract
A surgical retractor including a retractor body, and a retractor arm, a control assembly configured to control movement of the retractor blade, the control assembly including a base member having an opening, a regulating member configured to control rotation of a first portion of the retractor arm and move through the opening of the base member, a connecting member cooperatively connected to the regulating member, and a barrel assembly in operative slidable engagement with the opening formed in the base member, wherein rotation of the regulating member in a selected direction moves a stem of the regulating member through the opening thereby forcing the barrel assembly to slide along the opening and the base member to pivot relative to a second portion of the retractor arm between a first position and second position.