Access platform for internal mammary dissection

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PATENT NO 5976171
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08619903

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An access platform having a first and a second blade interconnected to a spreader member that laterally drives the blades apart or together and support pads interconnected to a blade. A torsional member is operably interconnected to a blade and the spreader member and is used to vertically displace the interconnected blade and, thus, increase a surgeon's working space and visual access for the dissection of an internal mammary artery. A tissue retractor interconnected to the blades and is used to draw the soft tissue around an incision away from the surgeon's working area.

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  • MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Taylor, Charles S San Francisco, CA 97 10869

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