Atropos Limited

Catherine Deegan

Frank Bonadio

John Butler

Trevor Vaugh

Shane Joseph MacNally

Ronan Bernard McManus

Alfred Cuschieri

Alan Reid

A seal comprises a first sealing member and a second sealing member. The sealing members each have an accessway to facilitate access from one side of the sealing member to the other side of the sealing member. The accessways are offset to facilitate sealed access of an object through the sealing members.

Surgical device

Device

A wound retractor () comprises a distal ring () for insertion through a wound opening (), a proximal ring () for location externally of the wound opening (), a valve () mounted to the proximal ring (), and a sleeve () for retracting laterally the sides of the wound opening (). The wound retractor () also comprises a flexible release member () for releasing the distal ring () from a retracting configuration for removal of the distal ring () from the wound opening (). A first end () of the release member () is attached to the valve housing (), the release member () loops around the distal ring (), and a second end () of the release member () is movable relative to the proximal ring () to release the distal ring () from the retracting configuration.

Wound retractor

An apparatus () for inserting a distal ring () of a wound retractor device () through a wound opening comprises a bladeless tip () for creating the wound opening by forcing tissue apart, and a conveying device () for conveying the distal ring () through the wound opening. The conveying device () comprises a hook element () for engaging the distal ring () to convey the distal ring () through the wound opening, and a receiver housing () for receiving a seal () and a proximal ring () of the wound retractor device () to hold the seal () and the proximal ring () externally of the wound opening, and thus maintain a sleeve portion of the wound retractor device () in tension, during conveying of the distal ring () through the wound opening.

Apparatus for inserting a surgical device at least partially through a wound opening

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Dublin, Ireland

Catherine Deegan