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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1999
Janice Lee Rullo, Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
William John Koteles, Broadview Heights, OH (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a cable plate retractor assembly which includes a pivotable mounting plate to which a rake and a cable plate assembly are attached. The length of both the rake and the lifting plate portion of the cable plate assembly is threadably adjustable relative to the mounting plate. A method of retracting a portion of a patient's body adjacent a surgical cavity includes making a first surgical incision, placing a rake in a position for retraction, retracting a first portion of the patient's body with the rake, making a second surgical incision, inserting a first end of a cable with a lifting plate thereon into the surgical cavity, drawing the first end of the cable through the second incision whereby the lifting plate is retained in the patient's body at a second end of the cable, adjusting the position of at least one of the rake and the lifting plate relative to the mounting plate, and retracting a second portion of the patient's body by raising the lifting plate.