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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2015
Tedan Surgical Innovations, Llc., Sugarland, TX (US);
Daniel Bass, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Thomas T. Terramani, Glendale, CA (US);
Adam B. Young, Redwood City, CA (US);
Tedan Surgical Innovations, LLC., Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A retractor blade assembly includes an arm member, blade connector and a retractor blade having stem member provided at the top of the blade. The stem member includes a first pin member, provided at an upper portion of the stem member. The first pin member has at least one abutment extending outward from the stem member, a first groove provided below the first pin member, a second groove provided below the first groove, provided about the circumference of the stem member, a second pin member having at least one abutment extending from the second groove. The blade connector cooperatively engages the stem member permitting the retractor blade to operate in a rotatable mode and a locked mode.