Surgical retractor with impactor
View Patent ↗A surgical retractor comprising a retractor body having a site portion and handle portion, and an impactor body on the retractor body. The impactor body is positioned and configured for use in impacting the site portion of the surgical site. An impaction axis of the impaction body is preferably substantially aligned with an axis of the site portion of the impactor body. The impactor body is preferably attached to the retractor body at a junction between the site portion and the handle portion of the retractor body. In one embodiment, the impactor portion is configured to selectively mate with an impactor extension member to thereby optionally receive direct impaction on the impactor portion or indirect impaction through the impactor extension member.
1. A surgical retractor for use in a surgical site in hip surgery comprising:
a retractor body having a site portion and a handle portion, and
an impactor body on said retractor body, said impactor body positioned and configured for use in impacting said site portion in the surgical site,
said impactor body including an impactor portion having an impaction surface and a support portion, said impactor body fixedly attached to said retractor body via said support portion at a junction between said site portion and said handle portion of said retractor body, said junction being bent,
said impactor body being a uni-body solid structure configured to receive direct impact on said impaction surface for use in hip surgery, said impactor surface being a flat surface and having a non-circumferential configuration, said impactor portion including a sidewall extending downward from said impactor surface, said sidewall formed perpendicularly relative to said flat surface of said impactor surface so as to have a cross-section matching said non-circumferential configuration of said impactor surface,
wherein a cross-sectional width of said impactor portion of said impactor body is larger than a cross-sectional width of said support portion of said impactor body, and
an impaction axis of said impaction body substantially aligned with an axis of said site portion of said impactor body.
2. The surgical retractor of claim 1 , wherein said non-circumferential shape is ovoid.
3. The surgical refractor of claim 1 , wherein a lengthwise axis of said ovoid shape is substantially parallel to a widthwise dimension of said site portion.
4. The surgical retractor of claim 1 , wherein said surgical retractor is sized and configured for use in minimally invasive hip procedures.
5. The surgical retractor of claim 4 , wherein said handle portion is longer than said site portion in order to accommodate hip surgery procedures.
6. The surgical retractor of claim 5 , wherein said handle portion is angled at about 110 degrees relative to said site portion in order to accommodate hip surgery procedures.
7. The surgical retractor of claim 1 , wherein said impaction axis of said impaction body is aligned with a rear wall of said site portion of said impactor body.