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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2000
Damien Rosney, County Offaly, IE;
Christy Cummins, County Offaly, IE;
Donal Bermingham, County Offaly, IE;
Damien Rosney, County Offaly, IE;
Christy Cummins, County Offaly, IE;
Donal Bermingham, County Offaly, IE;
Maclachlan & Donaldson, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A surgical device for use in minimally invasive surgery in which body cavity is accessed by a surgeon though an access port defined by the device, the device including a body cavity engagement feature for insertion into the incision to locate the device in position, fixing feature with a ring that attaches the device to the patient's skin, and a toroid cell having a bladder filled with a liquid or a gel to prevent substantial leakage of gas from the body cavity and formed to mould about a substantial portion of a surgeon's hand or surgical instrument on insertion.