US 11,806,003 B2
Surgical retractor for cardiac surgery
Gerald Fehling, Alzenau (DE); and Hendrik Treede, Bonn (DE)
Assigned to FEHLING INSTRUMENTS GmbH & Co. KG, Karlstein (DE)
Filed by FEHLING INSTRUMENTS GmbH &Co. KG, Karlstein (DE)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/816,964.
Claims priority of application No. 21190196 (EP), filed on Aug. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0039297 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/02 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/0237 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical retractor for cardiac surgery, comprising:
a hollow tube-shaped first base body with a first base body longitudinal axis;
a first rib comprising a first end of the first rib, a second end of the first rib, and a first rib longitudinal axis, wherein the first end of the first rib is laterally disposed on the first base body;
a second base body with a second base body longitudinal axis;
a second rib comprising a first end of the second rib, a second end of the second rib, and a second rib longitudinal axis, wherein the first end of the second rib is laterally disposed on the second base body;
a first transport rod with a first transport rod longitudinal axis disposed in the first base body such that the first transport rod is supported rotatably about the first transport rod longitudinal axis;
wherein the second rib penetrates the first base body in a through hole-P transversely to the first base body longitudinal axis, and wherein the second rib comprises several recesses spaced apart with respect to one another along the second rib longitudinal axis, and the first transport rod comprises a projection cooperating with the recesses.