Patent ID: 9161745
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A retractor assembly for positioning tissue during a surgical procedure, the assembly comprising: two opposing arms disposed adjacent to one another and sized and configured to be urged substantially laterally away from one another during actuation of the retractor assembly into an open position, one or more posts, each being connected to, or integral with, and extending radially outwardly from a respective one of the opposing arms and away from a space defined between the arms, and at least two modular components, each of the one or more posts having a length sufficient so that each of the one or more posts will extend through a respective rectangular aperture defined by a respective one of the modular components to be detachably attached to the respective one of the opposing arms, the rectangular aperture being sized and configured to enable the respective modular component to tilt laterally relative to its respective post while being detachably attached to the respective one of the opposing arms and engaged with tissue during use of the retractor assembly, each rectangular aperture being sized and configured to mate with a respective one of the posts to thereby detachably attach the modular component to the arm from which the respective one of the posts extends.