Patent ID: 8114020

Claim:
A surgical retractor fixing device comprising: a clamp body ( 16 ) arranged for removably fixing the surgical retractor fixing device ( 10 ) to a frameset ( 93 ) that extends along a frameset longitudinal axis (L) and that is arranged to be mounted to an operating table, and a rotating body ( 14 ) attached to the clamp body ( 16 ) being pivotable around an axis of rotation (A), the rotating body ( 14 ) comprising a fixing element ( 32 ) arranged for fixing a surgical retractor ( 12 ), where the fixing element is a releasable one-way fixing element ( 32 ), the rotating body ( 14 ) having a linear guide ( 36 ) transverse to the axis of rotation (A) for guiding the surgical retractor ( 12 ), and the fixing element ( 32 ) comprising a bind plate ( 56 ), the bind plate ( 56 ) being pivotably attached to the rotating body ( 14 ) and operable to at least partially surround the surgical retractor ( 12 ), the bind plate ( 56 ) pivoting with movement of the surgical retractor ( 12 ) in a first linear direction (d 1 ) enabling movement of the surgical retractor ( 12 ) in the first linear direction along the linear guide ( 36 ), and the bind plate ( 56 ) resisting movement of the surgical retractor ( 12 ) in a second direction (d 2 ) opposite the first linear direction.