Fat pad retractor

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1994-02-23

1995-10-10

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

Specula

Retractor

606151, A61B 1900

Patent

active

054562465

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for retracting the infrapatellar fat pad during arthroscopic knee surgery. The apparatus includes a silicone retractor strap for supporting the fat pad, a device for threading the strap into the arthroscopic operating compartment, and a segment of suture or other frangible connector for connecting the retractor strap to the threading device.

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C. A. Mills et al., "The Rubber Fat Pad Retractor: Use in Arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction," Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, pp. 332-333 and contents page (Jun. 1993).

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