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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2003
Applicants:
Burns Phillips, Nashville, TN (US);
Larry Griffith, Lakeville, MN (US);
Inventors:
Burns Phillips, Nashville, TN (US);
Larry Griffith, Lakeville, MN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B001/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surgical retractor having a lateral rack with two longitudinal arms extending therefrom. At least one of the arms has a curved segment. It is preferable that the curved segment extend at least one third the length of the arm and be concavely oriented toward the opposing arm.