Patent ID: 9636098
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A spreadable retractor, comprising: a rake plate having a pair of laterally separated rake mountings; a pair of rakes, one of the rakes moveably mounted to a respective one of the laterally separated rake mountings, wherein each of the rakes comprises a rake shaft extending away from the rake plate; and a rake spreader mounted to the rake plate at a position between the laterally separated rake mountings, the rake spreader operably linked to and configured to spread the pair of rakes apart from each other, the rake spreader comprising a single centrally located wheel attached to the rake spreader, wherein the rake spreader is operably linked to the pair of rakes via an elongated threaded member and a pair of spreader rings, the pair of spreader rings threadingly mounted on the elongated threaded member and operably linked to the pair of rakes, and wherein each of the spreader rings is operably linked to one of the pair of rakes by an encircling portion retaining and at least partially encircling a portion of the respective rake shaft.