March 9, 2004

A holder for holding parts of a body, structure or assembly spaced apart during operations carried out on the body, structure or assembly, the retractor comprising a body made of wire and having a resilient hinge portion at a vertex of the body and at least two arms outwardly extending from the hinge portion, each arm having a distal portion including anchoring tips.

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March 9, 2004

10/036,134

November 9, 2001

600/217   600/237

A61B   1/24   (20060101)  

This application is a continuation in part of U.S. Ser. No. 09/650,542, filed Aug. 30, 2000, now abandoned.

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