A SIMPLE OVERHEAD STERNUM RETRACTOR

A simple home-made self-retaining retractor for thyroidectomy.

Can J Surg, Vol. 52, No. 6, December 2009 523 S urgical assistance is imperative for the smooth conduct of various types of surgery that require steady retraction throughout the procedure. However, prolonged surgery will cause fatigue among the assistant surgeons who might not be able to sustain the optimal retraction for the chief surgeon. To overcome this problem, different types of self-reta...

A retractor for cholecystectomy.

A self-retaining retractor has been designed to enable one surgeon to perform cholecystectomy and exploration of the bile duct with a minimum of assistance. The instrument consists of a horseshoe shaped collapsible frame and four specially designed blades. It is ideally suited for a right subcostal or a transverse incision. Adjustment and removal for performing on-table cholangiography and reap...

A Multifunctional Retractor Muscle

1 Differential Activation of an Identified Motor Neuron and Neuromodulation Provide 2 Aplysia’s Retractor Muscle an Additional Function 3 Author names and affiliations: 4 Jeffrey M. McManus, Hui Lu, Miranda J. Cullins, and Hillel J. Chiel 5 Departments of Biology, Neurosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve 6 University, Cleveland, OH 44106-7080 7 8 Running head: 9 A Multifun...

: No Overhead 2 : Simple Parallel-pipeline Datapath 3 : Simple Parallel Datapath 4 : 7th Order Iir Filter 5 : Overhead ∝ N 2 6 : Overhead ∝ N 3

: No Overhead 2 : Simple Parallel-pipeline Datapath 3 : Simple Parallel Datapath 4 : 7th Order Iir Filter 5 : Overhead ∝ N 2 6 : Overhead ∝ N 3