US 11,744,568 B2
Illuminated medical devices
Jeffrey Ralph Swift, Boca Grande, FL (US); Jason Swift, Newburyport, MA (US); Matthew Traub, Andover, MA (US); and Nicholas Lauder, Medford, MA (US)
Assigned to OBP SURGICAL CORPORATION, Lawrence, MA (US)
Filed by OBP SURGICAL CORPORATION, Lawrence, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/14,385.
Application 17/014,385 is a continuation of application No. 16/659,924, filed on Oct. 22, 2019, granted, now 10,799,229.
Application 16/659,924 is a continuation of application No. 16/279,226, filed on Feb. 19, 2019, granted, now 10,512,519, issued on Dec. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/716,732, filed on Aug. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/632,571, filed on Feb. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0397425 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 90/35 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0206 (2013.01) [A61B 90/35 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2218/008 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical retractor, comprising:
a handle having a hollow construction and a port configured to connect to a suction source;
a blade extending from the handle;
at least one smoke evacuation channel provided along at least a portion of the blade and extending into the handle,
wherein the handle includes a chamber formed within a first portion the handle, said chamber being configured to fluidly communicate with the at least one smoke evacuation channel and with the port,
wherein a second portion of the handle, different from the first portion, is configured to house other components; and
wherein, when the chamber is in fluid communication with the at least one smoke evacuation channel, the chamber is sealed from the second portion of the handle.