Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Composite – Of inorganic material
Patent
1991-09-18
1993-04-13
Aschenbrenner, Peter A.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Composite
Of inorganic material
623 64, 623 66, 128 20, A61B 5103
Patent
active
052013251
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus useful in surgery for holding retractors and other surgical instrumentation in a number of different positions required by a surgeon for the performance of a surgical procedure, including advanced sensing and regulation of retraction pressures and position; and incorporating a force amplification method to drive a locking mechanism in the supporting structure that utilizes a constrained, substantially incompressible, flexible solid material to yield a mechanism that is suitable for clinical use.
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Auchinleck Geoffrey F.
Bussani Carlo R.
McEwen James A.
Andronic Devices Ltd.
Aschenbrenner Peter A.
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