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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
May. 02, 2024
Applicant:
Thompson Surgical Instruments, Inc., Traverse City, MI (US);
Inventors:
William White, Traverse City, MI (US);
Zach Beery, Traverse City, MI (US);
Chris Martin, Cedar, MI (US);
Dan Farley, Traverse City, MI (US);
Assignee:
Thompson Surgical Instruments, Inc., Traverse City, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0206 (2013.01);
Abstract
A retractor may include one or more racks and retractor blades coupled to the respective racks via respective carriages and retractor arms. The carriages may traverse respective racks to laterally position retractor blades. The retractor blades may include tracks which the retractor arms may traverse to longitudinally position retractor blades with respect to the racks.