Patent ID: 8282548
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A Z-shaped retractor for use in breast enhancement surgeries wherein said retractor comprises: a handle, wherein said handle comprises at least two compartments suitable for a suction tube; and two single retractor plate contiguous to said handle and located at the opposite ends of the handle, wherein each of the single retractor plates contains a distal end, and a proximal end directly adjoined to said handle, and, wherein each of the single retractor plates is oriented at acute angles relative to the X-axis and the Y-axis, wherein the X-axis runs along the front view of said handle, and the Y-axis runs along the side view of said handle, and wherein said acute angles are measured from the distal end of each of the single retractor plates to the X-axis and Y-axis in the direction to the opposite end of the handle, and wherein each of the single retractor plates has a first angle of said acute angles of between 20° and 40° along the Y-axis of said handle, and a second angle of said acute angles of between 25° and 45° along the X-axis of said handle; and wherein each of the retractor plates is curved in the opposite direction to the other retractor plate relative to said handle to define a Z-shape retractor.