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Patent Inventor Names
William N. Aldrich0
Federico J. Benetti0
Eugene E. Reis0
Dwight P. Morejohn0
Charles S. Taylor0
Ivan Sepetka0
Richard S. Ginn0
William F. Witt0
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Date of Patent
October 30, 2007
0Patent Application Number
094808280
Date Filed
January 10, 2000
0Patent Citations Received
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Patent abstract
An access platform having a first and a second blade interconnected to a spreader member that laterally drives the blades apart or together and a sternal pad interconnected to a blade. The superior blade is preferably pivotally coupled to the spreader member such that it naturally rises as the blades are separated. Alternatively, a vertical displacement member is operably interconnected to a blade and the spreader member and is used to vertically displace the interconnected superior blade and, thus, increase a surgeon's working space and visual access for the dissection of an internal mammary artery. A tissue retractor is interconnected to the blades to draw the soft tissue around an incision away from the surgeon's working area.
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