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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Kenneth H. Mollenauer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michelle Y. Monfort, Los Gates, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth H. Mollenauer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michelle Y. Monfort, Los Gates, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Healthcare Group LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61B 29/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A skin seal or trocar stabilizer with an inflatable balloon in the shape of a dumbbell, where the balloon may be stored within a cannula for easy placement in an incision and inflated to deploy the balloon inside the body, and a portion of the balloon expands inside the cannula, whereby medical instruments may be passed through the skin seal into a laparoscopic workspace while the balloon is inflated, thereby allowing the use of normal short surgical instruments during laparoscopic procedures and during insufflation.