Patent ID: 11957329
Assignee: SIMPLE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of retracting tissue, the method comprising:
positioning a C-shaped first arm of a retractor assembly against a first portion of a tissue, wherein the C-shaped first arm comprises a plurality of plates extending in parallel along a length of the C-shaped first arm;
positioning a C-shaped second arm of the retractor assembly against a second portion of the tissue, wherein the C-shaped second arm comprises a plurality of plates extending in parallel along a length of the C-shaped second arm; and
ratcheting the C-shaped first arm relative to the C-shaped second arm by pivoting the C-shaped first arm relative to the C-shaped second arm in a plane that is parallel to the plates forming the C-shaped first arm and engaging a ratcheting lock between the C-shaped first arm and the C-shaped second arm to prevent reduction of an angle between the C-shaped first arm and the C-shaped second arm until a release is activated, while allowing the angle to be increased,
wherein the plurality of plates extending in parallel along the length of the C-shaped first arm are each separated from each other by one or more spacing distances between 0.5 mm and 2 cm and the plurality of plates extending in parallel along the length of the C-shaped second arm are each separated from each other by one or more spacing distances between 0.5 mm and 2 cm.