Device Category Dossier

Retractor system, self-retaining

Device Category Dossier for Retractor system, self-retaining. Australian ARTG records, sponsors, device class — compiled by arcimedes.

Self-retaining retractor systems are assemblies of devices including horizontal bars, rings, ratchet mechanisms, attachment devices, and retractor blades that create temporary retraction of tissue or anatomical structures and may be anchored to the operating room table to facilitate surgical access. These systems are used in general surgical, abdominal, and thoracic operations to keep operation fields open or to spread the ribs.