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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2001
Anthony Paolitto, St. Leonard, CA;
Raymond Cartier, Mount Royal, CA;
Valerio Valentini, Montreal, CA;
Coroneo, Inc., Montreal, CA;
Abstract
The present invention provides a tissue retractor ( ) for displacing body tissue during surgery consisting of a tissue piercing member such as a surgical needle ( ), a wire-like filament such as a suture line ( ) affixed to the surgical needle ( ), a fixed element such as an anchoring port ( ) being associated with a stable surgical platform such as a sternum retractor ( ), and a movable element such as an anchoring plug ( ) cooperating with anchoring port ( ) to engage a portion of suture line ( ) after the suture line ( ) is threaded through the body tissue with the surgical needle ( ) and after the suture wire ( ) is tension to effect a predetermined displacement of the body tissue. The predetermined displacement of body tissue is maintained by retention of the engaged portion of suture line ( ) by the fixed anchoring portion ( ) and the movable anchoring plug ( ).