Abstract: Apparatus for placement in an incision or a natural body opening comprises a retractor having a sleeve (655, 656, 657) and a guard device comprising overlapping petals (662) depending from a mounting ring (661). The guard device is movable by the retractor from an insertion configuration to a deployed configuration as the retractor sleeve is moved to the retracting configuration.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 22, 2019
Publication date:
August 5, 2021
Applicant:
Atropolos Limited
Inventors:
Stephen WILLIAMS, Lucy Dolores HALPIN, Frank BONADIO, Shane J. MACNALLY, Robert Michael BOLAND