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Surgical retractor device and related methods

US7931589B2 · kind B2 · utility

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26References

37Claims

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Assignee

EBI, LLC · US

Inventors

Dan Cohen · Mountain View, US
Nicholas J. Bender · Raleigh, US
Oliver Buchert · Franklin Lakes, US
Rui J. Ferreira · Newark, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 9, 2006
Grant date	Apr 26, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 26, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/00477
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A surgical retractor device. The surgical retractor device includes a frame having an outer frame member and an inner frame member coupled to the outer frame member for relative movement about a frame pivot axis, and a frame driver operable to rotate the outer frame member relative to the inner frame member about the frame pivot axis.

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