Patent ID: 7625374

Claim:
A nerve retractor assembly for manipulation of a spinal neurostructure, the assembly comprising, a retractor blade and a retractor body provided with first and second enlarged edges extending in an axial direction and defining a channel therebetween adapted to engagingly receive the retractor blade, the retractor blade received within the channel and nested between and engaged with the first and second enlarged edges to maintain the retractor blade in a predetermined position relative to the retractor body, the channel being open in lateral direction between the first and second enlarged edges and the retractor blade including a concave shape extending continuously from the first enlarged edge to the second enlarged edge and open in a lateral direction to provide an unobstructed view of a retracted area of a surgical site, and wherein the retractor body further includes at least one supporting member mounted thereon for attaching a retractor pin, and a retractor pin attached to a first one of the at least one supporting member for fixedly positioning the retractor blade relative to the neurostructure.