Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1992-07-20
1995-01-10
Rimell, Sam
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 86, 606 87, 606 53, A61B 1700
Patent
active
053803310
ABSTRACT:
A lateral patellar retractor for use in performing knee surgery includes a handle, an integral flat support extending downwardly from said handle and joined to said handle by an arcuate section and a pair of integral prongs extending from said integral support in spaced apart relationship, each terminating in a pointed free, said integral prongs including a curve which is reverse of the curved path followed by said arcuate section, said support and said prongs being sized to permit the prongs to engaged the shelf of the lateral tibial condyle while said support is engaging soft tissue. Means may be provided for anchoring the support and detaching the handle.
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