Patent ID: 9241698
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. An intracorporeal surgical tissue retractor, comprising: a) a medical grade grasper selectively deployable intracorporeally on a tissue to be retracted, said grasper comprising: b) a medical grade longitudinally selectively movable and at least partially extracorporeal support attached at a substantially distal end of said movable support to said grasper and disposed through said pair of corresponding holes, wherein when said grasper is deployed on the tissue to be retracted and said movable support is selectively moved proximally, the tissue is selectively retracted, and wherein when said movable support is selectively moved proximally, additional force is applied to said jaws via said movable support through said holes in said grasper arms further tending to close said jaws into said closed position.