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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2018
Memic Innovative Surgery Ltd., Or-Yehuda, IL;
Memic Innovative Surgery Ltd., Or-Yehuda, IL;
Abstract
An access channel for access to a body cavity through a natural orifice including: a variable length unobstructed channel including: a rigid cannula having a distal opening configured to fit through an incision in a wall of the orifice; a rigid tubular extension for the cannula; a distal opening of the extension fitting to a proximal opening of the cannula and joining a lumen of the cannula to a lumen of the extension to form the variable length channel between the distal opening of the cannula and a proximal opening of the extension; the extension sliding longitudinally with respect to the cannula to extend and contract a length of the variable length channel by at least 25% of a maximal length of the channel; wherein a cross section of the channel has a long dimension at least twice a short dimension of the cross section.