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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2004
Applicants:
Shigeru Tanaka, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Gary Ashley Stafford, Hayward, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shigeru Tanaka, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Gary Ashley Stafford, Hayward, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Surgical Innovations, Inc., North Haven, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61M 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A balloon device useful for dissecting tissue or retracting tissue for the purpose of providing access for laparoscopic surgery, the device including a balloon which inflates to a shape specially suitable for the surgical procedure and the anatomical region of deployment. The present device, when configured with a tapered dissection balloon, is particularly useful for subfascial endoscopic perforator surgical procedures.