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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2004
Donna D. Holland, Roswell, GA (US);
John D. Pond, Jr., Lilburn, GA (US);
Douglas G. Evans, Snellville, GA (US);
Donna D. Holland, Roswell, GA (US);
John D. Pond, Jr., Lilburn, GA (US);
Douglas G. Evans, Snellville, GA (US);
Technology Holding Company II, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An illuminated surgical retractor for defining and illuminating a subcutaneous surgical field in the space near a vessel (such as the radial artery or the basilic vein) during a procedure for harvesting the vessel, wherein the illuminated surgical retractor includes a handle member pivotally connected at an acute angle to a first elongate section that has a non-liner shape, and includes a second elongate section releasably connected to the first elongate section, wherein a portion of the second elongate section defines an illumination input end portion, which is optically coupled to a light source to substantially illuminate the second elongate section, and further including an insertion area positioned on the proximal end portion of the first elongate section to allow the second elongate section to be inserted into the first elongate section.