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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank Bonadio, Bray, IE;
Ronan Bernard McManus, Bray, IE;
Derek William Young, Blackrock, IE;
Alan Reid, Clontarf, IE;
Assignee:
Atropos Limited, Wicklow, IE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 ;
Abstract
A hand access device for use as a seal for sealing a surgeon's forearm on entry through a wound opening, for example, in an abdominal wall contains a substantially tubular sleeve of pliable gas tight material. The tube is turned axially back on itself to define an outer sleeve section and an inner sleeve section which define therebetween a sealed inflatable chamber. The inner sleeve section is engaged by the forearm which, on insertion, causes the sleeve to evert. The device has eversion limiting means in the form of inner and outer rings which are of elastomeric material.