Finochietto rib spreader
Separador de costillas de Finochietto
- Date
- c. 1936 · confidence medium
- Place
- Rawson Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Credited to
- Enrique Finochietto
- People
- 👤 Enrique Finochietto1881–1948
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
A ratchet retractor that spreads the ribs progressively and steadily to gain access to the chest. It remains standard equipment in thoracic and cardiac surgery.
Finochietto also designed surgical tables, forceps and needle holders.
What it led to
- open thoracic and cardiac surgery
- surgical instruments designed by surgeons