Surgery – Specula – Retractor
Patent
1996-02-28
1997-11-25
Flanagan, Beverly M.
Surgery
Specula
Retractor
600201, 600204, 600210, 600219, 606205, A61B 1102
Patent
active
056906064
ABSTRACT:
A tissue spreading surgical instrument having a handle assembly which includes a moveable handle assembly; an elongated shaft extending distally from said handle assembly which houses an actuating mechanism moveable in response to movement of the handle assembly and a tissue spreading assembly comprising a plurality of fingers operatively associated with the distal end of the shaft and deployable between a closed and open position wherein the fingers are spread in opposite direction by the actuation mechanism in response to movement of the handle assembly is provided.
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