Apparatus for temporarily engaging body tissue

An improved tissue engagement device such as a suction stabilizer or retractor is provided with one or more suction pods (22) mounted to the distal end of a flexible arm (20). The flexible arm is coupled to a base assembly (24) that includes a fixed portion, which is coupled to a rotatable turret, a...

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Main Authors DAIGLE, TOM, P, GOODMAN, JACK, GUBBIN, DOUGLAS, H, KIM, DAVID, J.S
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 20.04.2011
Subjects
DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Summary:An improved tissue engagement device such as a suction stabilizer or retractor is provided with one or more suction pods (22) mounted to the distal end of a flexible arm (20). The flexible arm is coupled to a base assembly (24) that includes a fixed portion, which is coupled to a rotatable turret, allowing rotation of the arm relative to the fixed portion of the base assembly. A tensioning mechanism mounted to the turret applies tension to rotationally lock the turret and to lock the arm in its current configuration. If the device is a suction stabilizer, it may carry a spreading/tightening mechanism (21) along with two suction pods (22) and the tensioning mechanism may lock the relative location of the spreading/tightening mechanism relative to the arm. If the device is a suction retractor, the tensioning mechanism may lock a pivotably mounted carrier for a single enlarged suction pod so that the suction pod is held in its desired orientation relative to the arm.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20080017318