Surgery – Specula – Retractor
Patent
1998-01-30
2000-12-19
Smith, Jeffrey A.
Surgery
Specula
Retractor
600235, 600245, A61B 1700
Patent
active
061621722
ABSTRACT:
Surgical apparatus and associated methods of use are provided for retracting tissue around an incision. The apparatus includes a member having an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface. An adjustable aperture is definable within the inner peripheral surface as the member is adjusted between a compressed condition in which the aperture is substantially closed and an expanded condition in which the aperture is substantially open. The apparatus is positioned within a surgical incision in the compressed condition, and is adjusted to the expanded condition in situ to define an opening within the incision through the aperture whereby a surgical field may be viewed and/or accessed.
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Cosgrove Delos M.
Lowe Norma L.
Myers Keith
Rhee Richard
Cumberbatch Guy L.
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Inskeep James W.
Satermo Eric K.
Smith Jeffrey A.
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