Bow spring retractor device

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1986-05-06

1988-06-28

Pinkham, Richard C.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128 17, 128 20, 128334R, A61B 1708, A61B 132, A61B 1702

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047532378

ABSTRACT:
A retractor device to facilitate aligning and opposing the edges of a wound preparatory to its closing. The retractor is a resiliently flexible strip member having hooks attached at each end thereof. The hooks are adapted to engage the extremities of the incision when the strip member is bent to a partially bowed configuration so that the resulting tension which is applied through the hooks operates to align the edges of the wound along the entire length of the incision.

REFERENCES:
patent: 569839 (1896-10-01), Roeloffs
patent: 4344420 (1982-08-01), Forder
patent: 4412532 (1983-11-01), Anthony
Universal Retractor for Cavitary Surgery, Biomedical Engo, (U.S.A.), vol. 8, No. 5, Sep.-Oct. 1974.

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