Patent ID: 9282957
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating of a retractor used in spine surgery and which can be mounted to an operating table, the method comprising: forming at least two face-to-face retractor carrier wings which can be fixed on the operating table with at least one side arm, the side arm being openable and closable telescopically and being adjustable in a y-axis, the side arm being connected to at least one body connection arm, the body connection arm being adjustable; adjusting a position of the retractor carrier wings with a screwdriver at a desired position in x, y and z coordinates relative to the needs of the patient so as to separate muscles; adjustably axially position at least one separator component according to the patient and the operating table, the separator component having a mountable and demountable structure, the separator component being connected to a separating component housing formed on retractor wing bodies forming the retractor carrier wings; opening an operative field with the separator component; removal of a disc material from the diseased interspace between spine segments; bringing a spondylolistic spine to a desired position via spine puller components in which two of the spine puller components are placed from a left side to a right side into the diseased interspace so as to be fixed to the spondylolistic spine by perforating an endplate via a fixing tool protruding from an edge thereof while the spine puller components are in the diseased interspace; placing of two inserts into the diseased interspace after removing the spine puller components; fixing the two inserts to the spine from both upwardly and downwardly via a fixing tool protruding from inside the inserts; and covering an upper portion of the two inserts via a cover component.