IP Library Granted Patent US 10,172,605
Granted Patent B2
US 10,172,605 · App. 14/760,408 · Granted Jan 8, 2019

Surgical retractor assembly

Inventors: Kil Yeon Lee (Seoul, KR); Moon Gu Lee (Gwacheon-si, KR); Yong Ho Jeon (Suwon-si, KR); Chan Woo Lee (Changwon-si, KR)
Assignee: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
A61B17/0218A61B2017/00345A61B2017/00349A61B2017/00876A61B2017/0287A61B2090/08021
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Patent No.
US 10,172,605
App. No.
14/760,408
Granted
Jan 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present subject matter relates to a surgical retractor. The surgical retractor includes: a movable body part which is inserted into a body; a hook part which is connected with the movable body part inside the body and pulls out an object that is inside of the body; and an operating part for operating, from the outside of the body, the movement of the movable body part inside the body.

Claims (9)

1. A surgical retractor assembly comprising:

a movable body portion inserted into a body;

a hook portion connected to the movable body portion inside the body and pulling an object inside the body; and

an operating portion moving the movable body portion within the body from outside of the body,

wherein the operating portion comprises a magnet, and the movable body portion comprises a material capable of being attracted to the magnet to be moved inside the body in association with movement of the operating portion,

wherein the operating portion further comprises a housing and a ball rotatably disposed on one surface of the housing, and the magnet is mounted within the housing.

2. The surgical retractor assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the magnet is detachably mounted in a mounting jaw formed within the housing.

3. The surgical retractor assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the hook portion comprises a string connected to the movable body portion at one side thereof, and a hook connected to the other side of the string and pulling the object.

4. The surgical retractor assembly according to claim 3 , wherein, when the movable body portion is moved inside the body through movement of the operating portion outside the body, the object is pulled by the hook due to tension created in the string.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2015
From: LEE, KIL YEON; LEE, MOON GU; JEON, YONG HO; LEE, CHAN WOO
To: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0003676 · Jan 11, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150351855A1 · Dec 10, 2015