Atropos Limited

Shane Joseph MacNally

Frank Bonadio

Trevor Vaugh

John Butler

Ronan Bernard McManus

Stephen Williams

Lucy Dolores Halpin

Alan Reid

Kirk Anthony Shibley

Catherine Deegan

Michael Mulhall

Alfred Cuschieri

Michael Amirfarzad Kia

Olwen Coughlan

Robert Michael Boland

Conor Hand

Christopher D'arcy

A medical device to protect a body opening, the medical device including a sleeve having a proximal end and a distal end a proximal ring attached to the proximal end of the sleeve, and a guard assembly located a distal end of the sleeve.

Medical access device having a guard assembly

A suture device comprises a needle () which is movable between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration and a drive for rotating the needle between the retracted and extended configurations. The drive comprises an axle () which is rotated by a rack () and pinion () system.

Device and system for hernia repair

Apparatus for placement in an incision or a natural body opening comprises a retractor having a sleeve () and a guard device comprising overlapping petals () depending from a mounting ring (). The guard device is movable by the retractor from an insertion configuration to a deployed configuration as the retractor sleeve is moved to the retracting configuration.

Guard device for a tissue containment system

A method for performing a laparoscopic procedure may include inserting a bag through an opening. The method may also include delivering tissue into the bag, sealing the bag, and inflating the bag to create an artificial pneumoperitoneum that extends the abdomen and provides additional working and viewing space. Further, the method may include carrying out a procedure on the tissue located in the inflated bag.

Pneumoperitoneum device

A surgical access sealing device comprises expansile chamberswhich define inflation spaces. An upper layerin one case comprises two chamberswhich are overlapped when uninflated. A lower layercomprises two chamberswhich are also overlapped, when uninflated. The region of overlap between the chambersof the first layer is offset from the region of overlap between the chambersof the second layer. The walls of the inflated chambers are movable for passage of an object such as a surgeon's arm/hand whilst maintaining a seal.

Access device

An instrument access device comprises first, second and third instrument seals for sealing around instruments extended through the device. The seals have respective connector sleeves. Each sleeve connects a base to one of the instrument seals. The device also comprises two insufflation/desufflation ports. Each of the ports comprises a connector extending from the base, a tube extending from the connector, a luer connector and a removable cap. The luer connector is used for connection to any suitable supply line for insufflation gas or for discharge if insufflation gas. In use, the insufflation/desufflation ports facilitate independent control of insufflation and desufflation as may be required during a surgical procedure. Access sleeve at the proximal end is cut-off, folded over the inner proximal ring and is held in place between the base and the inner proximal ring when the base is fitted. The proximal end of the sleeve that is generated when the sleeve is pulled upwardly to retract an incision is removed from the field of use.

Instrument access device

An artificial pneumoperitoneum bag device may include an inflatable bag having an opening at an end of the bag. The bag device may also include an indicator including at least one repeating pattern on a wall of the bag. The pattern may extend across at least one side of the bag.

Inflatable pneumoperitoneum device

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

A bag with one or more openings is placed within a body cavity. Excized tissue is placed within the opening of a deflated bag. One or more openings of the bag are withdrawn outside the body cavity and the bag is inflated. Instruments including laparoscopic visualization are placed within the inflated bag that remains within the body cavity. The tissue retained within the bag is morcellated/crushed/reduced and removed. The bag is deflated and removed with residual tissue/blood/fluids inside. The tissue to be removed is retained in the bag which prevents potentially harmful material such as cancerous cells from being released in the body cavity.

An instrument access devicecomprises a proximal memberfor location externally of an opening into a body cavity. A first connectorextends between the proximal memberand a first instrument receiver. A second connectorextends between the proximal member and a second instrument receiver. Instrument seals can be housed in relatively rigid housings for added strength.

A wound protector and retractor devicecomprises a sleeve, a distal member provided by a distal ringof resilient material and a proximal member provided by a proximal ring. The sleeveis led around the ringand is free to move axially relative to the distal ringsomewhat in the manner of a pulley. The proximal ringis fixed to the sleeve, in this case at the proximal inner end thereof. The sleeveterminates in a handle or gripping portion which is reinforced by a gripping ring. The sleeve extends from the proximal ringand the distal ringis contained between inner and outer layersof the sleeve. The resilient distal ringis scrunched up and inserted through the incision. The sleeveis then pulled upwardly. On pulling of the sleeveupwardly the outer layeris pulled up while the inner layeris drawn around the proximal ring. This results in shortening the axial extent between the proximal ringand the distal ring, tensioning the sleeve and applying a retraction force to the margins of the incision. As the incision is being retracted the margins are also protected by the sleeve. On retraction, an access port is provided, for example for a surgeon to insert his hand and/or an instrument to perform a procedure. The device may be used as a retractor in open surgery or as a base for a valve/seal to allow it to be used in hand assisted laparoscopic surgery or for instrument access or hand access generally.

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Delgany, Ireland

Shane Joseph MacNally