Patent ID: 9402609
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A surgical retracting device, comprising: a linking element; and a support element, wherein the linking element is a thread and the support element comprises a first face and a second face and at least three aligned through holes from the first face to the second face in which the thread passes through, the support element and thread being connected by a first knot on the first face and by a second knot on the second face, wherein the first knot is formed by passing the thread through a first hole and a second hole of the at least three through holes and the second knot is formed by the successively passing the thread through a third hole of the at least three through holes differing from the first hole and the second hole, the at least three holes are aligned and wherein the third hole is a central hole, and the first hole and the second hole are two peripheral holes, the third hole being positioned at the center of the support element, the thread is passing only once in each of the first, second and third holes, the first knot and second knot are configured in order to maintain a first free end of the thread at a level of the first face and a needle end of the thread at a level of the second face respectively, and the first knot comprises a bridge on the second face and the second knot comprises a complete turn around the bridge.