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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2011
Applicants:
Richard Assaker, Kain, BE;
Yann Thouement, Les essarts le roi, FR;
Regis Besse, Guyancourt, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surgical retractor has a rail, a first arm protruding from the rail at an angle, a second arm being movably mounted on the rail and extending substantially parallel to the first arm, and a multiplicity of holding elements mounted on the first and second arms. A holding element has a multi-axis joint for pivotably holding a blade for engaging tissue to be retracted. In this way, a most flexible surgical retractor is provided.