Surgery – Specula – Retractor
Patent
1997-06-05
1999-08-24
Thaler, Michael H.
Surgery
Specula
Retractor
600215, 600219, 600235, A61B 1702
Patent
active
059418192
ABSTRACT:
A mechanical lifting retractor is provided which increases working space in the chest for cardiac surgery by temporarily expanding the space between the rib cage and the pericardium. The lifting device has a pair of parallel right-angled retractors. Distal portions of the retractors are insertable in side-by-side parallel relation between a pair of adjacent ribs in the rib cage and into the mediastinal space between the ribs and sternum and the pericardium beneath them. The distal portions are pivotable into a lifting position in which they are separated by a rotational angle of approximately 180.degree.. Following insertion of the distal portions into the mediastinal space, the distal portions are rotated into the lifting position and oriented in the sagittal plane such that each distal portion extends beneath one of the ribs. A lifting force is applied to the lifting retractor, causing the distal portions to engage the ribs and to lift the rib cage and thereby enlarging the mediastinal space. The lifting force is maintained for the duration of the surgical procedure.
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Origin Medsystems Inc.
Thaler Michael H.
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