Michele LeClerc;Nicholas Pavento;John Riley Hawkins;Sean P. Selover
发明人:
John Riley Hawkins,Nicholas Pavento,Sean P. Selover,Michele LeClerc
申请号：
US13832727
公开号：
US20140275792A1
申请日:
2013.03.15
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for surgically manipulating tissue. In general, the methods and devices can include an elongate retractor shaft having a distal retractor tip that is configured to manipulate tissue, for example the tip can be configured to separate muscle and nerve fibers surrounding a vertebra. The elongate retractor shaft can include an illumination source such that at least a portion of the surgical field is illuminated by the device when the device is used in the body. A sensor can also or alternatively be included on the elongate retractor shaft, for example on the blunt retraction tip, such that the sensor can monitor physiological parameters of the tissue in or adjacent to the surgical field.
