Patent ID: 11864739
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A surgical retractor system comprising:
a plurality of blades, wherein each blade comprises an interior side, an exterior side, a distal end, and a proximal end, and wherein each blade defines a longitudinal axis;
wherein the exterior side of at least one of said plurality of blades is in contact with an interior edge of an adjacent one of said plurality of blades along the blade length from the proximal end to the distal end; wherein the proximal end of each of said plurality of blades is coupled to a guide plate, said guide plate is rotatably coupled distally to a top plate; and wherein each of said blades is coupled to said guide plate by a pair of parallel pins set at least partially through an interior slot on the guide plate and an exterior slot on the guide plate.