Retractor ring holder
Abstract
A retractor ring holder includes a bar portion and a ring holder portion. A distal end of the ring holder portion having a fixed clamp portion and a moveable clamp portion. An annual mating saw connection is disposed between the distal end of the bar portion and the proximal end of the ring holder portion. A first handle is attached to the connection to selectively place the bar portion and the ring holder portion in one of a fixed position with respect to each other and a moveable position. In the moveable position the ring holder portion is free to rotate 360° with respect to the bar portion. A second handle is attached to the ring holder portion proximal end to selectively move the moveable clamp portion with respect to the fixed clamp portion.

Term
Projected expiry 7 February 2028.
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Every citation, both ways
| Document | Relation | Office | Category | Cited during | Relevant claims |
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| GB2052996A | Cites | United Kingdom | Y | Search report | 1-5 |
| WO0176499A2 | Cites | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | Y | Search report | 1-5 |
2 members in 1 office
Priority claims2
| Document | Office | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 888668P | United States of America | – | |
| 88866807 | United States of America | P |
Members2
| Document | Office | Kind | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EP1972284A2 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A2 | |
| EP1972284A3This record | European Patent Office (EPO) | A3 |
10 legal events, as 2 offices reported them to INPADOC
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| Application deemed to be withdrawnWithdrawn18D | 18D | EP | |
| Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWNSTAA | STAA | EP | |
| Designated country de not longer valid8566 | 8566 | DE | |
| Designation fees paidAKX | AKX | EP | |
| Designated contracting statesAK | AK | EP | |
| Request for extension of the european patentAX | AX | EP | |
| Search report despatchedORIGINAL CODE: 0009013PUAL | PUAL | EP | |
| Designated contracting statesAK | AK | EP | |
| Request for extension of the european patentAX | AX | EP | |
| Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phaseORIGINAL CODE: 0009012PUAI | PUAI | EP |
Numbers
- Publication
- 1972284
- Application
- 82504499
Titles3
- German
- Aufrollerringaufnahme
- English
- Retractor ring holder
- French
- Support de bague de rétracteur
Classification
- IPC, 2
- A61B17 02
- G05G5 06
Designated states38
- Contracting states, 34
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Germany
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Croatia
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Latvia
- Monaco
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- Malta
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Sweden
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Türkiye
- Extension states, 4
- Albania
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- North Macedonia
- Serbia