Patent ID: 11944287
Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A method for retracting body tissue, comprising:
providing a frame system;
retracting body tissue with the frame system to create an opening into a patient's body; and
positioning an implant into the patient's body, wherein the frame system includes:
a frame rail having opposing surfaces;
a supporting frame arm configured to be affixable relative to the body tissue;
a frame arm clamp configured to be coupled to said supporting frame arm; and
at least one device clamp having opposed clamping surfaces each shaped to engage said opposing surfaces of said frame rail, said at least one device clamp further including a connector connecting said opposed clamping surfaces and configured to move said opposed clamping surfaces into contact with said opposing surfaces, said at least one device clamp slideable along said frame rail when said at least one device clamp is engaged with said frame rail, the frame arm clamp and said at least one device clamp movable past each other along said frame rail when said frame arm clamp is engaged with said frame rail and said at least one device clamp is engaged with said frame rail.