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US 12,318,080 · App. 18/450,881 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Illuminated surgical retractor capable of hand-held operation and of being mounted to a fixed frame

Inventors: Jason Swift (Newburyport, MA); Matthew Traub (Andover, MA); James Pehl (Methuen, MA)
Assignee: CooperSurgical, Inc.
A61B17/02A61B90/35A61B2217/005
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Patent No.
US 12,318,080
App. No.
18/450,881
Filed
Aug 16, 2023
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Examiner
KU, SI MING
Art Unit
3775
USPC
600/201
Abstract

A surgical retractor, comprising a handle, a blade extending from the handle, wherein the handle has an ergonomic construction configured for hand-held use of the retractor, and wherein the handle is configured to attach to one or more of a fixed frame and a fixed arm of a surgical positioning device.

Claims (53)

1. A surgical retractor, comprising:

a handle;

a blade extending from the handle; and

a mounting adapter configured to releasably engage with the handle,

wherein the handle has an ergonomic construction configured for hand-held use of the retractor,

wherein the handle includes a recess configured to receive a portion of the mounting adapter so as to engage with the mounting adapter,

wherein the mounting adapter is configured to directly attach to a fixed arm of a surgical positioning device,

wherein the handle includes a main portion and a curved distal end portion that provides the recess,

wherein the blade extends substantially perpendicularly from a longitudinal axis of the main portion in a first direction and the curved distal end portion extends at an acute angle from the longitudinal axis of the main portion in a second direction opposite of the first direction, and

wherein the handle is configured such that when the mounting adapter is engaged with the handle, the mounting adapter is oriented substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the curved distal end portion.

2. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the handle has a hollow construction.

3. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 2 , further comprising an illumination assembly including at least one direct light source provided on the blade, and one or more electrical components housed in the handle.

4. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the illumination assembly includes one or more power sources housed in the handle.

5. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the mounting adapter is integrated into the curved distal end portion of the handle.

6. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the handle is configured to releasably engage with the mounting adapter, wherein the mounting adapter is configured to directly attach to the fixed arm and is further is configured to selectively attach to different fixed arms.

7. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the handle includes a first surface, at least a portion of the first surface facing in the first direction, and a second opposing surface, and wherein the mounting adapter is provided on the first surface of the curved distal end portion.

8. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the curved distal end portion is configured to releasably engage with the mounting adapter.

9. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 8 , wherein the mounting adapter includes a connector tip configured to attach to a corresponding connector of the fixed arm and a coupling extension configured to engage with the recess in the curved distal end portion of the handle.

10. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 9 , wherein a shape of the coupling extension corresponds to a shape of the recess in the curved distal end portion of the handle.

11. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 10 , wherein the mounting adapter further includes a fastener for securing the engagement between the coupling extension and the recess in the curved distal end portion when the coupling extension is inserted into the recess.

12. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the blade includes at least one channel therein, the at least one channel forming an enclosed passage between a first opening adjacent a proximal end portion of the blade and a second opening adjacent a distal end portion of the blade.

13. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 12 , wherein the at least one channel is configured to allow insertion of one or more instruments therethrough.

14. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 12 , wherein the at least one channel is partially embedded into a thickness of the blade.

15. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 12 , wherein the at least one channel extends along a majority of a length of the blade.

16. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 12 , wherein the at least one channel includes a first channel extending adjacent a first side of the blade and a second channel extending adjacent a second side of the blade.

17. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 16 , further comprising an illumination assembly including at least one direct light source provided on the blade, wherein the at least one direct light source is provided between the first and second channels.

18. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 12 , further comprising a smoke evacuation adapter configured to releasably connect to the at least one channel and to fluidly connect the at least one channel to a suction source.

19. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the blade includes an atraumatic curved tip extending from a distal end portion of the blade and configured to provide soft tissue retraction and vein retraction.

20. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 19 , wherein the atraumatic curved tip tapers toward a distal tip of the blade.

21. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 19 , wherein a proximal end of the atraumatic curved tip attached to the distal end portion of the blade has a smaller width than the rest of the distal end portion.

22. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the mounting adapter includes a coupling portion configured to engage with the handle and a connector tip configured to directly attach to a corresponding connector of the fixed arm.

23. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the mounting adapter is interchangeable with other mounting adapters configured to directly attach to different connectors of fixed arms.

24. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the handle defines a concave surface that is configured to prevent hand slippage along the handle, and wherein the concave surface and the mounting adapter are positioned along a same side of handle.

25. A spinal surgical assembly comprising:

a surgical retractor comprising a handle and a blade extending from the handle; and

a screw comprising a shaft and a threaded end,

wherein the handle of the surgical retractor has an ergonomic construction configured for hand-held use of the retractor, and the handle is further configured to attach to one or more of a fixed frame and a fixed arm of a surgical positioning device,

wherein the blade includes at least one channel therein, the at least one channel forming an enclosed passage between a first opening adjacent a proximal end portion of the blade and a second opening adjacent a distal end portion of the blade, and

wherein the screw is configured to pass through the at least one channel such that the threaded end extends from the second opening in the at least one channel and to secure the surgical retractor to a bone or a vertebra.

26. A surgical retractor comprising:

a handle;

a blade extending from the handle;

a mounting adapter configured to releasably engage with the handle; and

an illumination assembly including at least one direct light source provided on the blade, and one or more electrical components housed in the handle,

wherein the handle has an ergonomic construction configured for hand-held use of the retractor,

wherein the handle is further configured to attach to one or more of a fixed frame and a fixed arm of a surgical positioning device via the mounting adapter,

wherein the handle includes a main portion and a curved distal end portion,

wherein the blade extends substantially perpendicularly from a longitudinal axis of the main portion in a first direction and the curved distal end portion extends at an acute angle from the longitudinal axis of the main portion in a second direction opposite of the first direction, and

wherein the handle is configured such that when the mounting adapter is engaged with the handle, the mounting adapter is oriented substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the curved distal end portion.

27. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 26 , wherein the mounting adapter is configured to selectively attach to the one or more of a fixed frame and a fixed arm of a surgical positioning device.

28. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 27 , wherein the mounting adapter includes a coupling portion configured to engage with the handle and a connector tip configured to directly attach to a corresponding connector of the one or more of a fixed frame and a fixed arm of a surgical positioning device.

29. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 26 , wherein the distal end portion of the handle is configured to attach to the one or more of a fixed frame and a fixed arm of a surgical positioning device via the mounting adapter.

30. The surgical retractor in accordance with claim 26 , wherein the handle defines a concave surface that is configured to prevent hand slippage along the handle, and wherein the concave surface and the mounting adapter are positioned along a same side of handle.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2024
From: SWIFT, JASON; TRAUB, MATTHEW; PEHL, JAMES
To: OBP SURGICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068789/0135 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2024
From: OBP SURGICAL CORPORATION
To: COOPERSURGICAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 068550/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2023
From: SWIFT, JASON; TRAUB, MATTHEW; PEHL, JAMES
To: OBP SURGICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064623/0927 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63514987 · Jul 21, 2023
Related Publication 20250025145A1 · Jan 23, 2025
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