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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:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frederic H Moll, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Gresl, Jr, San Francisco, CA (US);
Albert K Chin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Philip K Hopper, Laverne, CA (US);
Assignee:
Origin Medsystem, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600204 ; 600207 ; 606192 ; 604101 ;
Abstract
In a method for retracting an organ inside the body to provide access for treating a tissue, a retractor having a main envelope which defines a main chamber is positioned in a collapsed state adjacent to the organ to be retracted. The main chamber is subsequently inflated to retract the adjacent organ. A surgical instrument is passed through the main envelope into the main chamber to contact the tissue for treatment.
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