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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
May. 16, 2018
Applicant:
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Inventors:
Edward Karpowicz, Sewell, NJ (US);
Andrew Iott, Newtown Square, PA (US);
Assignee:
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0293 (2013.01); A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/32 (2013.01); A61B 17/025 (2013.01); A61B 17/0206 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00473 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical retractor system having a frame and a plurality of arms connected thereto is disclosed. At least one arm is moveable relative to the frame and the relative movement is constrained to a direction along the longitudinal axis of the arm. At least one retractor blade is removably connected to each of the plurality of arms. The blade is fixably rotatable about an axis normal to the longitudinal axis of the arm to which it is connected.