Patent ID: 9033874
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical retractor for use in a surgical site in hip surgery comprising: a retractor body having a site portion and a handle portion, and an impactor body on said retractor body, said impactor body positioned and configured for use in impacting said site portion in the surgical site, a separate impactor extension member comprising a unibody solid impaction structure having a female leading end configured to receive an impaction surface of said retractor body, said impactor body including an impactor portion having an impaction surface and a support portion, said impactor body fixedly attached to said retractor body via said support portion, said impactor body attached to said retractor body at a junction between said site portion and said handle portion of said retractor body, said impactor portion having a non-circumferential shape configured to selectively mate with said separate impactor extension member to thereby optionally receive direct impaction on said impaction surface of said impactor portion or indirect impaction through said separate impactor extension member, as well as to enable manipulation of said site portion via said separate impactor extension member, and an impaction axis of said impaction body substantially aligned with an axis of said site portion of said impactor body.