Patent ID: 9173648
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: A61B,B22D,B22F,B33Y,F01D,F05D,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A surgical method for retracting soft tissue, said method comprising: providing a handle with an illuminator blade and a retractor blade coupled thereto; positioning the retractor blade in a surgical field; illuminating the surgical field with light extracted from a light output portion of the illuminator blade, wherein light is transmitted from a proximal end of the illuminator blade to the light output portion by total internal reflection; retracting the soft tissue with the retractor blade in a retraction direction; extracting smoke from the surgical field, wherein the smoke is evacuated from the surgical field by applying suction through one or more channels between the retractor blade and the illuminator blade, wherein the one or more channels disposed in the retractor blade; and adjusting suction strength, wherein adjusting suction strength comprises moving a plate over the one or more channels to control exposure thereof.