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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Inventor:
Andrea Mariani, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0218 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices for performing medical procedures such as laparoscopic surgery are provided herein. For example, this document provides laparoscopic retractor devices. In some embodiments, the laparoscopic retractor devices provided herein include two retractor blades that can be expanded or contracted. Further, in some embodiments an elastic covering is included, and the retractor blades are disposed within the elastic covering.