Gaya Limited

Maclachlan & Donaldson

Christy Cummins

Martin Caldwell

Mike Muntner

Damien Rosney

Donal Bermingham

A surgical device for use in minimally invasive surgery in which body cavity is accessed by a surgeon though an access port defined by the device, the device including a body cavity engagement feature for insertion into the incision to locate the device in position, fixing feature with a ring that attaches the device to the patient's skin, and a toroid cell having a bladder filled with a liquid or a gel to prevent substantial leakage of gas from the body cavity and formed to mould about a substantial portion of a surgeon's hand or surgical instrument on insertion.

Surgical access device

Surgical device () is for use in minimally invasive surgery using an inflated body cavity () accessible to a surgeon through an access port defined by a sleeve () passing through an incision in a patient's abdominal wall (). The device is held in position by a distal ring () and a proximal ring (). The device () is sealed by cuff valve (), self sealing valve (), spring valve () or snap open/snap shut valve ().

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County Offaly, Ireland

Christy Cummins