Patent ID: 11890147
Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A surgical retractor system comprising:
first and second bone pins each comprising a head, a threaded shaft, and a distal tip;
an elongated disc shim comprising an upper portion and an elongated lower portion; and
a retractor comprising:
a frame portion having a first arm, a first blade arm operably attached to the first arm, a second arm, a second blade arm operably attached to the second arm, a third arm, and a third blade arm operably attached to the third arm;
a first blade extending from the first blade arm;
a second blade extending from the second blade arm; and
a third blade extending from the third blade arm, the third blade comprising a slot extending along a portion thereof, the slot of the third blade configured to slidably receive the lower portion of the disc shim and the upper portion of the disc shim configured to engage outer edges of the third blade to prevent the disc shim from advancing beyond a tip of the third blade;
wherein:
the first and second blades are configured to move in a cephalad-caudal direction and the third blade is configured to move in an anterior direction, and each blade is adapted to be translated and angulated independently from one another,, and
the first blade and the second blade each comprise an opening extending along an entire length thereof from a first end to a second end of the respective blade, each opening configured to receive one of the first and second bone pins, each opening being an enclosed channel or a partial channel which is partially open circumferentially by more than 180 degrees.