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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Applicant:
J. Stephen Scott, Wentzville, MO (US);
Inventor:
J. Stephen Scott, Wentzville, MO (US);
Assignee:
Freehold Surgical, Inc., New Hope, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/04 (2013.01); A61B 17/06109 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0225 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0427 (2013.01); A61B 2017/045 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0451 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00805 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus including a flexible length of cord and three tissue connectors positioned at the opposite ends of the cord and at an intermediate position of the cord is designed to be laparoscopically inserted through the abdominal wall and into the abdominal cavity, and used to move a first internal organ to a position away from a second internal organ where the apparatus holds the first internal organ in the position without further manual input, thereby providing surgical access to the second internal organ.