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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2002
Shailendra K. Parihar, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Rajesh Pendekanti, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Shailendra K. Parihar, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Rajesh Pendekanti, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
An access device for providing access into a hollow organ during an open surgical procedure. The access device includes: a body for insertion into an opening in a wall of the hollow organ, the body having a bore for passage of at least a distal portion of an instrument into an interior of the hollow organ; a valve disposed in the bore for allowing passage of the instrument and substantially preventing a fluid in the interior of the hollow organ from leaking outside the hollow organ; and a mechanism for securing the body to the wall of the hollow organ; wherein the body has a low-profile length in an axial direction of the bore.