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Freehold | Hands-Free Intracorporeal Retractor
The Freehold retractor is designed to provide hands-free tissue retraction during laparo-
scopic and robotic procedures, using hooks, sutures and a pulley system to move and
suspend tissue away from the surgical field.
The retractor arrives in a delivery and removal sterile tube. After you place the tube
through a 5-mm or larger trocar, the surgeon uses a grasper to push the device into the
abdomen. It can then be hooked to anchor points inside the abdomen to allow for retrac-
tion. The surgeon can adjust the amount of retraction during the procedure by using the
pulley system. When you're done, you just insert the sterile tube into the trocar, unhook
the hooks and pull it out into the tube for disposal.
The device comes in 2 models. The Trio features 3 hooks and works well for sling-
based retraction, such as liver retraction, while the Duo's 2 hooks are great for direct
organ or tissue retraction. The device is surprisingly simple to use, and because it's
hands-free, it makes retraction more efficient.
z REVISED RETRACTOR This hands-free retractor is fully adjustable during surgery.
