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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Atropos Limited, County Wicklow, IE;
Stephen Williams, County Dublin, IE;
Lucy Dolores Halpin, Dublin, IE;
Shane Joseph MacNally, County Wicklow, IE;
Frank Bonadio, County Wicklow, IE;
Atropos Limited, County Wicklow, IE;
Abstract
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.