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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2003
Burns Phillips, Nashville, TN (US);
Larry Griffith, Lakeville, MN (US);
Burns Phillips, Nashville, TN (US);
Larry Griffith, Lakeville, MN (US);
Boss Instruments Ltd., Inc., Earlysville, VA (US);
Abstract
A surgical retractor having laterally extending rack with a first arm connected to the rack spaced from the second arm. A retractor clamp has a slot which engages one of the arms. Extending from the clamp is a leg with a mount which receives a connector head of a retractor blade. One or more retractor clamps may be advantageously positioned on either of the arms at a desired location. In the preferred embodiment, the mount is rotatable relative to a member housing the slot such that a retractor blade connected to the mount may be pivoted into and out of an incision. Furthermore the housing member is configured so that a hand held gripper may be connected to the connector head of a retractor blade as it extends through the mount.