公开(公告)号：US06599240B2

公开(公告)日：2003-07-29

申请号：US09746310

申请日：2000-12-20

申请人： Sylvia Puchovsky ,  Matthew L. Parsons ,  Scott Hunt ,  Martin J. Weinstein ,  Thomas E. Martin ,  Thomas Motta

发明人： Sylvia Puchovsky ,  Matthew L. Parsons ,  Scott Hunt ,  Martin J. Weinstein ,  Thomas E. Martin ,  Thomas Motta

IPC分类号： A67B100

CPC分类号： A61B17/0206 ,  A61B17/06061 ,  A61B2017/00991 ,  A61B2017/0243

摘要： The present invention relates to surgical retractors and devices for stabilizing a predetermined area of the body during a surgical procedure, more particularly to surgical retractors and stabilizing devices used in connection with minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting surgical procedures, and more specifically to surgical retractors and stabilizing devices especially configured for use with each other for such surgical procedures wherein the retractor includes an external rail system which enables the surgeon to position a stabilization arm having first and second shaft segments on either of the arms or the rack segment of the retractor and also includes a connector which is spaced apart from the sled member and stabilization device to releasably control the movement and rotation of the stabilization device with respect to the stabilization arm and the rotation of the stabilization arm with respect to the retractor actuation of a single knob or actuator.