Combination surgical retractor, light source, spreader, and suct

Details Combination surgical retractor, light source, spreader, and suct Combination surgical retractor, light source, spreader, and suct

1995-10-31

1998-05-26

Smith, Jeffrey A.

Surgery

Specula

Retractor

600232, 600245, A61B 1102

Patent

active

057556601

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method of performing a cholecystectomy procedure through a 3-centimeter incision in the minimum stress triangle through the falciform ligament which provides for direct vertical view of the biliary ducts during dissection. Special tools are provided for this type and other types of surgical operations including obtuse-angled retractors having optionally fixed thereto lighting devices and/or suction devices.

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