THE VYCOR VIEWSITE BRAIN ACCESS SYSTEM (VBAS) is a family of retractor and brain access devices of varying shapes and sizes designed for providing diagnostic and surgical access to various portions of the brain and spine. It has been designed to serve as a self-retaining retractor system for brain tissue. It is comprised of an introducer and a working channel or port that are secured by a spring-loaded latch. Each device allows for the gentle retraction of tissue, visualization of the surgical site and for the smooth manipulation of introduced instruments. The range of device sizes (width and length) provides various working channel sizes.
A sterile, hand-held, manual surgical device intended to be used to stabilize the position of a neurosurgical retraction cannula during brain surgery. It has a distal portion (e.g., hook-like clip) intended to attach to the cannula and is typically clamped to a retraction assembly. This is a single-use device.