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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2017
Ark Surgical Ltd., Nazareth, IL;
Abraham J. Yaari, Zikhron-Yaakov, IL;
Ark Surgical Ltd., Nazareth, IL;
Abstract
A workspace device including (a) a body having a wall defining an internal volume, collapsible to fit through a laparoscopic passageway in an abdominal wall to an abdominal cavity and expand therein; (b) a first opening defined in said body; (c) a tool channel contiguous with said first opening and extending from said body and configured to remain, at least in part, outside of abdominal wall and sized to receive a laparoscopic tool therein therein; and (d) the body defining an orifice configured to lie in said abdominal cavity when said body is inserted therein, said orifice sized to receive tissue with a minimal cross-sectional area that is twice a minimal cross-sectional area of said first opening, thereby defining a workspace volume to process said tissue in said cavity while said body is not collapsed, using a tool inserted through said first opening.