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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2016
Applied Medical Resources Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Eric Nguyen, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Donald L. Gadberry, Capistrano Beach, CA (US);
Gary M. Johnson, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Charles C. Hart, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
John R. Brustad, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Robert R. Bowes, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Jeremy J. Albrecht, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Ghassan Sakakine, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Henry Kahle, Corona, CA (US);
Applied Medical Resources Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Abstract
An incrementally adjustable wound retractor (), having a first ring () with a diameter greater than the desired diameter of the wound incision, a flexible second ring (), having a lumen and a diameter greater than the desired diameter of the wound incision, and a flexible sleeve (), disposed in a generally cylindrical form between the first and second rings (), where the second ring may be rolled over itself to provide a sleeve with a radical retraction force sufficient to stretch the incision to the desired diameter.