Patent ID: 8602981

Claim:
A surgical system comprising: an intracorporeal apparatus including: a body; a first end of the body adapted to attach to a tissue inside a patient's body by at least one of a screw, loop, clip, clamp or fastener; a second end of the body, opposing the first end, comprising an interface designed to be engaged with and disengaged from a placement apparatus, wherein the interface is adapted to receive at least one of magnetic or mechanical energy from a placement apparatus; and wherein the body is adapted to retract the tissue inside the patient's body by use of an extracorporeal apparatus; an extracorporeal apparatus including: a body comprising a central portion and a peripheral edge portion, wherein the body is mobile and adapted to be placed in close proximity to the patient's body; a source of magnetic energy coupled to the body; and the body is adapted to deliver magnetic energy to the intracorporeal apparatus attached to a tissue inside the patient's body such that the patient's tissue can be retracted; and a placement apparatus including: a body, a connector proximate to a first end of the body and adapted to selectively engage and disengage the intracorporeal apparatus, wherein said first end of the body comprises a shaft; a first interface proximate a second end of the body operably connected to the connector to control said connector to engage and disengage the intracorporeal apparatus, said first interface designed at a distal end to engage with the intracorporeal apparatus and adapted to place and disengage the intracorporeal apparatus into the patient's body; and a second interface proximate the second end adapted to deliver mechanical energy from the placement apparatus to the intracorporeal apparatus, wherein said second interface comprises at least one of a lever, spring, button, trigger, rotatable knob, or a scissor-like mechanism.