The Phantom ML™ Articulating Arm System, used in combination with the Phantom ML Rotating Table Clamp, creates a solid, yet low-profile retractor system set-up that is both seamless and exceptionally stable. Retractor frames often shift in situ when blades engage with muscle and tissue necessitating manual stabilization of the set-up. Phantom ML Articulating Arm System frees the scrub nurse and first assist to focus on streamlining the surgical procedural, not cumbersome manual fixation of the transverse retractor frame in an ACDF surgical procedure.