Retractor

US5035232A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

• Theodor Lutze · Spaichingen, DE
• Dieter Weisshaupt

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 1990
• Grant date: Jul 30, 1991
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B17/02
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a retractor with a retractor blade, a handle, a fiber-optical light guide for illuminating the point of engagement of the retractor and a connector for connecting a fiber-optical cable to the fiber-optical light guide, with the fiber-optical light guide comprising a bent, tubular sheath which extends through the handle and along part of the retractor blade and in which a glass fiber bundle is embedded, in order to improve resterilizability, with the retractor being at the same time capable of being disassembled, a sheath that comprises fixing elements for detachably securing the retractor blade on the sheath, and the handle being positioned loosely on the rear end of the sheath and fixed in this position by a detachable holding element.