Powered surgical retractor
US5271384A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 23, 1992 |
| Grant date | Dec 21, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S248/904
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatus useful in surgery for holding surgical instruments such as retractor blades in a number of different positions required by a surgeon for the performance of a surgical procedure, including an actuation means responsive to a control signal, a signal generating means which enables an operator to generate the control signal and which transmits the control signal to the actuation means, for causing the actuation means to move the surgical instrument.
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