摘要 |
A surgical retractor of the type having a pair of movable handles pivoted on a common pivot pin or hinge member each handle having an elongated arm extending upwardly therefrom for reciprocal expansion or contraction when the handles are reciprocally moved, the improvement comprising a blade or plate member secured along one end of the first one of the arms opposite a first one of the handles, the plate member being angled inwardly from the elongated arm and directed downwardly approximately normal to a plane through which the arms reciprocally travel during movement, and an elongated rod member secured to one end of the second arm opposite the second handle, the arm extending to a length at least as great as the length or distance along the first arm to the center of the plate member, a rod member extending downwardly along a plane substantially normal to the plane through which the arms reciprocate, and an outwardly extending pointed pin at the end of the rod member opposite the arm.
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