Patent ID: 8663102

Claim:
A surgical retractor, comprising: (a) a ribs assembly; (b) a mechanism for transferring of linear and rotational movement adapted to apply mechanical forces and moments to said ribs assembly; and (c) a channeled disc wherein said mechanism for transferring of linear and rotational movement and said ribs assembly are mounted on said channeled disc, wherein said mechanism for transferring of linear and rotational movement includes: (i) at least one main slider, wherein said main slider has a main slider upper portion having an upper portion length, a main slider mid portion, having a mid portion length wherein said main slider mid portion is disposed on said main slider upper portion, and a main slider lower portion, having a lower portion length, wherein said main slider lower portion is disposed on said main slider mid portion, wherein said upper portion length is larger than said mid portion length, wherein said lower portion length is larger than said upper portion length, and wherein said main slider lower portions is partially mounted inside one of said channels, wherein said main slider has a first interior thread located in said main slider upper portion; (ii) at least one angular adjustment bolt wherein said angular adjustment bolt is mounted inside said first interior thread and is adapted for transferring force to one of rib force arms, wherein said main slider has a second interior thread located in said main slider mid portion; and (ii) at least one linear adjustment bolt wherein said linear adjustment bolt is mounted inside said second interior thread.