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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1997
Robert D Warner, Cupertino, CA (US);
Origin Medsystems, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for laparoscopically lifting the abdominal wall utilizes a pair of lifting rods each having a substantially straight proximal portion mounted to a lifting body and an arcuate distal portion joined to the proximal portion. The rods have an insertion configuration, in which their arcuate portions are nested such that the rods may be simultaneously extended into an abdominal cavity, and a lifting configuration in which one of the rods is pivoted such that the arcuate distal portions form a substantially circular lifting area between them. An inflatable balloon is disposed around the lifting arms and is inflated within the abdominal cavity to push abdominal tissue away from the abdominal cavity and to thereby prevent the tissue from catching on the lifting rods during pivoting.