Patent ID: 9662101
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: A61B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A surgical retractor device, comprising: a first paddle assembly comprising a first paddle arm, a first paddle disposed at a distal end of the first paddle arm, and a first retainer arm engagement assembly disposed at a proximal end of the first paddle arm; a second paddle assembly comprising a second paddle arm, a second paddle disposed at a distal end of the second paddle arm, and a second retainer arm engagement assembly disposed at a proximal end of the second paddle arm; a first retainer arm assembly comprising a first retainer arm, a first paddle engagement assembly disposed at a distal end of the first retainer arm, and a first key engagement assembly disposed at a proximal end of the first retainer arm, the first paddle engagement assembly selectably engaged with the first retainer arm engagement assembly in a first pivotal arrangement; a second retainer arm assembly comprising a second retainer arm, a second paddle engagement assembly disposed at a distal end of the second retainer arm, and a second key engagement assembly disposed at a proximal end of the second retainer arm, the second paddle engagement assembly selectably engaged with the second retainer arm engagement assembly in a second pivotal arrangement; and a retaining key selectably engaged with the first key engagement assembly and the second key engagement assembly, the retaining key coupling the first retainer arm assembly and the second retainer arm assembly together in a third pivotal arrangement, and the retaining key selectably locking the first retainer arm assembly and second retainer arm assembly together to mitigate pivoting during use, the first pivotal arrangement, second pivotal arrangement and the third pivotal arrangement respectively comprising axes parallel to each other.