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Retractor

US8287565B2 · kind B2 · utility

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32References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Surg-Mate AB · SE

Inventors

Olof Risto · Säter, SE
Stefan Lind · Pfalzgrafenweiler, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 27, 2005
Grant date	Oct 16, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 17, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/00915
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A retractor (1) that is meant to be placed in a wound (7) to hold this open during a surgical operation, comprising a shackle of a plastic material pervious for X-ray radiation. The shackle has to resilient legs (2a, 2b), that in a resilient way can be brought towards each other from a starting position in order to be inserted into the wound (7) and thereafter through resilient return towards the starting position be brought to contact with the edges of the wound (7) and thereby holding these apart and in a self-holding way fasten the retractor (1) in the wound (7).

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