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Patent No.:

US 10376251 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2016

Pneumoperitoneum device

Applicant:

Atropos Limited, Bray, County Wicklow, IE;

Inventors:

Kirk Anthony Shibley, Wayzata, MN (US);

Frank Bonadio, Bray, IE;

Trevor Vaugh, Birr, IE;

Shane Joseph MacNally, Delgany, IE;

Assignee:

Atropos Limited, County Wicklow, IE;

Attorney:

Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Si Ming Ku

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61M 13/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61J 1/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 17/22 (2013.01); A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61J 1/10 (2013.01); A61M 13/003 (2013.01); A61B 17/0293 (2013.01); A61B 17/3474 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00287 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00557 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00659 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00946 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00951 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0225 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22061 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320024 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3429 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3447 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3466 (2013.01); A61B 2017/4216 (2013.01);
Abstract

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 One or more openings of the bag are withdrawn outside the body cavity and the bag is inflated.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.

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