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Retractor and operating method

US9867603B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Robin Merz · Furtwangen, DE
Jochen Stefan · Tuttlingen, DE
James Duncan Shaw Martin · Dundee, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 10, 2015
Grant date	Jan 16, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 18, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B17/0218
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A retractor for endoscopic surgery, having a first shaft portion, in which an actuation device is movable, and a second shaft portion coupled pivotably thereon. A transmission arm is articulated on a distal end of the actuation device. A retraction structure is connected to a distal end of the second shaft portion, which retraction structure can be releasably coupled, with its other end, to the second shaft portion via a coupling device. The coupling device has a slide, which is guided in the second shaft portion. The transmission arm is articulated on the second shaft portion by way of a peg-and-slot connection and is operatively coupled to the slide in order to move the latter longitudinally, wherein the coupling device can be transferred to a release state by longitudinal movement of the slide. An operating method for the retractor is also disclosed.

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