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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2023
Vb Spine Us Opco Llc, Leesburg, VA (US);
Kaitlin Elizabeth Anne Mcclymont, Reston, VA (US);
Nicholas Padovani, Fairfax, VA (US);
Pauline Patricia Hutton, Gainesville, VA (US);
Robert J. Tokash, Stephens City, VA (US);
VB Spine US Opco LLC, Leesburg, VA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for holding a retractor arm including a connector attachable at a free end of a support arm. The connector including a housing extending with a receptacle, a holder block movably disposed in the housing, and a bumper block movably disposed in the housing. The holder block adjustable between a retracted position where a tip of the holder block is outside of the receptacle and a holding position where the tip is at least partially within the receptacle. The bumper block being biased in an expanded position such that the holder block is held in the retracted position by the bumper block and movement of the bumper block from the expanded position to a compressed position releases the holder block. The connector is adapted to receive a post disposed on a retractor arm, the post being loadable into the receptacle to cause the bumper block to move.