Patent ID: 7389710
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: A61B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A retractor assembly comprising: a support; a clamp selectively positionable at a desired location on the support; a retractor shaft connected to the clamp extending away from the clamp and support, and having an end with a shaft axis extending through the end of the retractor shaft, said shaft having a shaft plane extending vertically through said shaft axis; a connector connected to the retractor shaft at the end of the retractor shaft and spaced by the retractor shaft from the clamp and support by a length along the shaft axis; and a retractor blade connected to the connector, said retractor blade being angularly positionable about the shaft axis in a plane of a tilting axis, said plane of said tilting axis in which said retractor blade angularly rotates being perpendicular to the shaft plane.