Patent ID: 8876713
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A retractor suitable for creating a working space for open surgery, the retractor comprising: two elongated arms mechanically connected to each other by a pivot that allows the retractor to move between a closed and an open configuration; each elongated arm comprising a paddle assembly located at a distal end, and at least one of the two elongated arms forming a hermetically sealed housing and comprising a plurality of struts transverse to a length of the at least one elongated arm; a light source carried within the hermetically sealed housing, said light source being one of adjacent or within said paddle assembly and configured to illuminate the working space; a first power source carried within the hermetically sealed housing and coupled to said light source; and an electrical conductor coupling said light source and said first power source; said plurality of struts having recesses for said first power source and said electrical conductor.