Surgical retractor

Details Surgical retractor Surgical retractor

1988-02-10

1989-12-26

Coven, Edward M.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128850, A61B 1702

Patent

active

048891070

ABSTRACT:
A surgical retractor including a barrier member forming a surgical dam for retaining viscera in an abdominal cavity during surgery and which is substantially nonabsorbant and is capable of being bent to a selected configuration and also including a core member enclosed within the barrier member that is capable of retaining the barrier member at the selected configuration. The barrier member is made of a flexible material such as foam plastic and has a cover made of a material impermeable to the passage of blood. The core member is preferably made of a metal capable of being bent to the plurality of selected configurations and being capable of retaining the selected configuration against the pressure of the viscera in the abdominal cavity.

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patent: 4610243 (1986-09-01), Ray

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