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Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 08, 2013
Applicant:

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Insoo Suh, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jonathan Coe, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Swaminadhan Gnanashanmugam, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jeremy Koehler, East Palo Alto, CA (US);

Mark Welton, Stanford, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0293 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00539 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00544 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00557 (2013.01);
Abstract

Several methods to reduce surgical site infections include inserting a surgical access device into an incision, retracting tissue, and introducing fluid into the surgical access device such that the fluid exits the surgical access device and irrigates a surgical site. Other methods do not include introducing fluid into a surgical access device but include suctioning a fluid into the surgical access device and removing the fluid from the body.


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