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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Antoine Kaldany, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Assignee:
New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128850 ; 604175 ;
Abstract
A surgical access device for subcutaneous implantation in a patient adjacent a bodily cavity. The device comprises a resilient biocompatible plate, a slit through the plate and a skirt which extends internally from the edge of the slit. The device has attachment points for securing the device subcutaneously to muscle or other tissue. The slit through the plate opens in response to an appropriate force to provide access to the bodily cavity through the skirt.