US 12,239,307 B2
Modular length adjustable tubular retractor and a tube breaker
Javier Garcia-Bengochea, Jacksonville, FL (US); and John Souza, Sr., Monroe, NC (US)
Assigned to JGMG BENGOCHEA, LLC, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed by JGMG BENGOCHEA, LLC, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/515,163.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/447,072, filed on Feb. 21, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0277328 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/0293 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/3443 (2013.01); A61B 2090/037 (2016.02)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A length adjustable tubular retractor, comprising:
a scored tubular retractor comprising a cylindrical body, the scored tubular retractor adapted for breaking away at least a portion of the cylindrical body to thereby adjust the length of the tubular retractor, the cylindrical body having a proximal end, a distal end, an internal surface, and an exterior surface, the internal surface facing toward a central axis of the cylindrical body, the exterior surface facing away from the central axis of the cylindrical body, the cylindrical body comprising at least one exterior groove disposed circumferentially within the exterior surface of the cylindrical body and positioned between the proximal end and the distal end, and at least one through slot disposed through the exterior and interior surfaces of the cylindrical body and extending circumferentially along a portion of the cylindrical body and aligned with and adjacent the at least one exterior groove.