Patents by Inventor Peter Robert Culmer

Peter Robert Culmer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Surgical Retraction Device and Procedure
    Publication number: 20130123828
    Abstract: The invention provides a retraction device (1) adapted for use in minimally invasive surgery, said device comprising: (a) access means (3); (b) rigid support means; (c) expandable retraction means (2) comprising a multiplicity of radially oriented members (10); (d) flexible attachment means (6); and (e) a multiplicity of magnetic means, wherein said expandable retraction means in its non-expanded form is attached to said rigid support means by said flexible attachment means and is insertable into a subject through said access means, and wherein said multiplicity of magnetic means are comprised in said expandable retraction means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
    Inventors: Peter Robert Culmer, David George Jayne, Anne Neville