Applied Medical Resources Corporation

Jacob J Filek

Adam Hoke

Eduardo Bolanos

Boun Pravong

Tracy Breslin

Gregory K Hofstetter

Serene Wachli

Alexandra Do

Matthew Aaron Wixey

Wayne P Young

Nikolai Poulsen

Steven Crawford Kessler

Heidi Holmes

Alexander Sheehan

Amy Garces

Jacqueline DeMarchi

Nathan Collins

Kevin B Castelo

Gary M Johnson

Jeremy J Albrecht

Kevin K Dang

Patrick Elliott

Blaze Brown

Charles C Hart

Adeeb Saiduddin

Kennii Pravongviengkham

Zoran Falkenstein

Michael Palermo

Vivek A Sikri

Lee Cohen

Sean Kenneday

Richard W Conklin

Jimmy Ho

Joel B Velasco

Timothy McMorrow

Cory S Hague

Nico Slabber

Samantha Chan

Branden Carter

Emily Yin

Zachary Michaels

Nathan Landino

Brandon Pereles

Jigar Shah

Lindsey Chase

Vivek Sikri

Patrick Elliot

Rick Conklin

Richard Dantes

Jacqueline Demarchi

Greg Hofstetter

Systems and methods for preventing the seeding of cancerous cells during morcellation of a tissue specimen inside a patient's body and removal of the tissue specimen from inside the patient through a minimally-invasive body opening to outside the patient are provided. One system includes a cut-resistant tissue guard removably insertable into a containment bag. The tissue specimen is isolated and contained within the containment bag and the guard is configured to protect the containment bag and surrounding tissue from incidental contact with sharp instrumentation used during morcellation and extraction of the tissue specimen. The guard is adjustable for easy insertion and removal and configured to securely anchor to the body opening. Protection-focused and containment-based systems for tissue removal are provided that enable minimally invasive procedures to be performed safely and efficiently.

Systems and methods for tissue removal

A sensorized surgical instrument for training users laparoscopic surgical procedures is provided. The instrument includes at least one sensor selected from a group consisting of a strain gauge, accelerometer, magnetometer, and gyroscope. The sensor is attached directly to a handle of the instrument. A shaft assembly having a tool tip is interchangeably connectable to the handle. The sensor is connected to a computer configured to provide feedback useful to the user for improving the user's surgical skills. The feedback includes the time to complete a procedure, economy of motion, smoothness of motion and the force exerted at the tool tip.

Laparoscopic training system

A portable surgical training device is provided. The trainer includes a top cover spaced apart from a base to form a simulated body cavity for locating model organs that are substantially obscured from the field of view of the user. The top cover includes a video display, fixed insertion ports and interchangeable inserts containing simulated tissue layers. The training device has open sides for demonstrating and training lateral surgical techniques including a simulated or live tissue colon attached to a support leg for simulating transanal minimally invasive surgery. A training endoscope with an adjustable focal length for use with the trainer and, in particular, with optical trocars is disclosed. The surgical trainer can be angled and is well suited for training laparoscopic surgery techniques and demonstrating surgical instruments.

Portable laparoscopic trainer

Embodiments of a surgical access port system that comprises a retractor that is adapted for being coupled to a cap and that is particularly useful in natural orifice surgery are described. The retractor comprises an outer ring, wherein the outer ring is configured to be disposed proximate the natural orifice of the patient and substantially surround the orifice; a tubular body; a funnel segment extending between and coupling the outer ring and the tubular body, wherein the funnel segment provides a diametric reduction between the relatively large diameter of the outer ring and the relatively smaller diameter of the tubular body, which is sized to fit within a natural orifice with minimal distention of the orifice; and an inflatable member disposed around the distal end of the tubular body, the inflatable member sized and configured to fit snugly around the tubular body in the deflated condition and to expand against the wall of the natural orifice in the inflated state to thereby stabilize and retain the retractor within the orifice.

Natural orifice surgery system

Systems and methods for tissue containment and retrieval are disclosed. The containment system includes a primary chamber interconnected with a secondary channel extending from the primary chamber. A tissue specimen is mobilized inside a body cavity and placed into the primary chamber through a first opening. The first opening is pulled through a first incision or orifice and the narrower secondary channel is placed at a second incision or orifice. A second opening at the end of the secondary channel permits observation via a scope inserted through the second opening of the tissue specimen in the primary chamber undergoing morcellation via the first opening. Other systems and methods for deployment, containment, debulking and sealing of the second opening to create a closed system for the safe retrieval of the tissue specimen are provided.

Systems and methods for tissue containment and retrieval

A surgical simulation camera scope is provided. The surgical simulation camera scope comprises a lens mount with a lens and a sensor mount with an image sensor disposed between the sensor mount and the lens mount. The arrangement of the lens mount and the sensor mount ensures that the location of the sensor is maintained within the depth of focus of the lens while not damaging the sensor.

Surgical simulation camera scope

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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, United States of America

Jacob J Filek