Internal mammary artery retractor
A retraction system mounted on an arm fixed to the operating table, using rakes that elevate the sternal edge to expose the inner chest wall.
How it is used
It facilitates dissection and harvesting of the internal mammary (internal thoracic) artery as a graft for coronary artery bypass surgery.
Sources
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History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-02.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.