US 11,696,750 B2
Retractor distractor blade system
Wyatt Drake Geist, Davie, FL (US); Raphael Roybal, Savannah, GA (US); and Bradley Sutika, Winston Salem, NC (US)
Assigned to INTEGRITY IMPLANTS INC., Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed by Integrity Implants Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/407,065.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/067,462, filed on Aug. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0054120 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/025 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0206 (2013.01); A61B 17/86 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blade system (100) for a surgical retractor tool (10), the surgical retractor tool (10) having a body including a plurality of arms moveable away from each other or towards each other in a controlled manner, comprising:
a retractor blade (18) for attachment to one of the plurality of arms of the surgical retractor tool (10), the retractor blade (18) having an elongate body portion (60), the elongate body portion (60) configured to extend from a position outside of an animal body to a spine bone of the animal body, the retractor blade (18) being configured to contact and distract tissue surrounding the retractor blade (18) to provide a visual pathway to a surgical site, a first end (16) of the retractor blade (18) including structures for attaching the retractor blade (18) to the retractor tool (10), a second end (28) of the retractor blade (18) including a grasping assembly (29) for grasping a bone screw (30), the grasping assembly (29) including a flexible lasso (26) having a length extending from the first end (16) to the second end (28) of the retractor blade (18), and configured to be attached around a portion of the bone screw (30) to thereby secure the second end (28) of the retractor blade (18) to the bone screw (30), the bone screw (30) securable to a bone for securing the retractor blade (18), and thus the surgical retractor tool (10), in position with respect to the bone screw.