Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lateral access retractor and core insertion
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Application No.: US16369139Application Date: 2019-03-29
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Publication No.: US11191532B2Publication Date: 2021-12-07
- Inventor: Spencer Popejoy , Charles L. Bush, Jr. , Steven F. Krause
- Applicant: Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Kalamazoo
- Assignee: Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
- Current Assignee: Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Kalamazoo
- Agency: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/02
- IPC: A61B17/02 ; A61B1/32 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
In one embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a retractor apparatus that includes a retractor frame, five arms attached to the retractor frame and five rods each attached to one of the five arms. Each rod includes a convex surface facing a center of the retractor frame. At least two of the five rods are movable independently from one another. A first rod of the five rods includes a longitudinal axis and is translatable along the longitudinal axis. Further, the first rod is attached to a first arm of the five arms and is pivotable relative to the first arm. The axis of pivot is offset from the longitudinal axis through which the first rod translates.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190298328A1 Lateral Access Retractor and Core Insertion Public/Granted day:2019-10-03
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