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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Christian Knoepfle, Donaueschingen, DE;
Juergen Rettich, Muehlheim, DE;
Inventors:
Christian Knoepfle, Donaueschingen, DE;
Juergen Rettich, Muehlheim, DE;
Assignee:
Stryker European Holdings I, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0231 (2013.01);
Abstract
A retractor () for use in a surgical intervention in the area of an eye socket is described. The retractor () comprises two planar retraction elements (), which are movable relative to each other between an insertion position with a first surface coverage and a retraction position with a second surface coverage AI, which is smaller than the first surface coverage. A spring element () provides pretensioning, which presses the retraction elements () into the retraction position.