Patent ID: 8597181
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A transparent surgical pelvic retractor, comprising: a transparent, generally semicircular retractor body having a pail of retractor sections pivotally attached to each other, each of said retractor sections including a pair of elongated, parallel, spaced-apart end edges and a lateral edge and a medial edge extending between said end edges in spaced-apart, parallel relationship to each other and in perpendicular relationship to said end edges; a retractor interior formed by and between said retractor sections; a concave inner surface facing said retractor interior; a convex outer surface opposite said inner surface; and a plurality of elongated, parallel, spaced-apart grip ridges in said convex outer surface and extending in parallel relationship to said lateral edge and said medial edge and between and in perpendicular relationship to said end edges, said retractor body positional between expanded and collapsed positions with said retractor sections together forming a single semicircular shape in end view in said expanded position.