US 12,303,339 B2
Retracting tissue
Adam Friedrich, Cinnaminson, NJ (US); Mark Weiman, Downingtown, PA (US); Matthew Bechtel, Philadelphia, PA (US); Varun Ponmudi, Scotch Plains, NJ (US); Daniel Wolfe, Quakertown, PA (US); and Hilliary Kopp, Virginia Beach, VA (US)
Assigned to Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed by GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/402,887.
Application 16/364,268 is a division of application No. 15/019,001, filed on Feb. 9, 2016, granted, now 10,278,786, issued on May 7, 2019.
Application 18/402,887 is a continuation of application No. 17/537,577, filed on Nov. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,890,147.
Application 17/537,577 is a continuation of application No. 16/364,268, filed on Mar. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,234,788, issued on Feb. 1, 2022.
Application 15/019,001 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/664,089, filed on Mar. 20, 2015, granted, now 10,039,539, issued on Aug. 7, 2018.
Application 14/664,089 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/183,048, filed on Feb. 18, 2014, granted, now 10,285,680, issued on May 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0138952 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); A61B 1/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/30 (2016.02) [A61B 17/0206 (2013.01); A61B 1/32 (2013.01); A61B 17/0293 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of retracting tissue, the method comprising:
providing a surgical retractor system including:
a first bone pin,
a second bone pin,
a frame portion having a first blade arm configured to receive the first bone pin through a first opening in the first blade arm, a second blade arm configured to receive the second bone pin through a second opening in the second blade arm, and a third blade arm operably attached to the frame portion,
a first blade operably attached to the first blade arm, the first blade including a protrusion extending along an entire length of an outer wall of the first blade,
a second blade operably attached to the second blade arm, and
a third blade operably attached to the third blade arm;
operating the first and second blades to move in a cephalad-caudal direction;
operating the third blade to move in an anterior direction, wherein operating the first, second and third blades comprises independently translating and rotating each of the blades;
wherein the first opening is a partial channel extending through the first blade arm and along an entire length of the first blade and in fluid communication with an interior of the first blade, and the second opening is a partial channel extending through the second blade arm and along an entire length of the second blade and in fluid communication with an interior of the second blade;
sliding the first bone pin through the first opening and threading the first bone pin into a vertebral body to anchor the first blade to the vertebral body and stabilize the first blade; and
sliding the second bone pin through the second opening and threading the second bone pin into a vertebral body to anchor the second blade to the vertebral body and stabilize the second blade, thus stabilizing the surgical retractor system.