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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heinz Michael Mayer, Berlin, DE;
Stephan Eckhof, Tuttlingen, DE;
Nicola Giordano, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Dieter Weisshaupt, Immendingen, DE;
Assignee:
AESCULAP AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600210 ; 600215 ; 600217 ;
Abstract
In a surgical retractor having a frame on which at least two retractor elements are mounted, if desired, so as to be displaceable, to enable individual adjustment of the forces exerted by the retractor elements on the surrounding tissue, it is proposed that the frame have at least one support foot which carries attachment means for fixing on a bone.