Soft retractors

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9907545
SERIAL NO

14742487

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A soft material retractor includes at least two soft actuators, each actuator having at least one pressurizable interior space, wherein the actuator has a first flexible resting state and a second stiffer pressurized state; and a flexible sheet spanning the actuators such that the actuators can be spaced apart from each other by a distance selected to displace a volume of material of a body cavity. The retractor can be uses for holding open wounds or incisions, with trochars, or to displace anatomical features such as organs within a body cavity.

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  • PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE;SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Galloway, Kevin C Somerville, US 17 110
Lessing, Joshua Aaron Cambridge, US 61 522

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