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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
Atropos Limited, County Wicklow, IE;
John Butler, County Dublin, IE;
Trevor Vaugh, County Offaly, IE;
Frank Bonadio, County Wicklow, IE;
Catherine Deegan, Dublin, IE;
Shane J. MacNally, County Wicklow, IE;
Atropos Limited, Bray, County Wicklow, IE;
Abstract
An apparatus () for inserting a distal ring () of a wound retractor device () through a wound opening comprises a bladeless tip () for creating the wound opening by forcing tissue apart, and a conveying device () for conveying the distal ring () through the wound opening. The conveying device () comprises a hook element () for engaging the distal ring () to convey the distal ring () through the wound opening, and a receiver housing () for receiving a seal () and a proximal ring () of the wound retractor device () to hold the seal () and the proximal ring () externally of the wound opening, and thus maintain a sleeve portion of the wound retractor device () in tension, during conveying of the distal ring () through the wound opening.