Patent ID: 8715175

Claim:
Surgical retractor comprising a rail, a first arm protruding from the rail at an angle, a second arm being movably mounted on the rail and extending substantially parallel to the first arm, and a multiplicity of holding elements mounted on the first and second arms, a holding element comprising a joint for pivotably holding a blade for engaging tissue to be retracted, characterized in that the joint is a multi-axis joint, characterized in that the holding element comprises an aperture for inserting a rod of an arm for mounting the holding element on the arm and fixation means comprising a fixation screw to act upon the rod for fixing the holding element on the arm, characterized in that a movable member of the multi-axis joint is arranged on one side of the aperture, such that one surface of the rod is pressed against the movable member of the multi-axis joint by operation of the fixation screw.