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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terry Johnston, Redwood City, CA (US);
Thomas Wiedenmaier, San Carlos, CA (US);
Daniel Bass, El Granada, CA (US);
Todd Pope, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600213 ; 600219 ; 600226 ; 600231 ; 600232 ;
Abstract
A surgical retractor with interchangeable retractor blades allows the retractor blades to be positioned in an incision before being side-loaded into the retractor body and locked in place. The surgical retractor uses a nipple connector with a conical base and a rounded head which fits into and self-aligns in a corresponding socket.