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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2005
Patrick Leahy, Dublin, IE;
Patrick Leahy, Dublin, IE;
Other;
Abstract
The present invention provides a device and method for use in laparoscopic surgery, in particular hand assisted laparoscopic surgery, the device comprising a flexible body having a sidewall of double wall construction which defines an inflatable cavity enabling the body to be inflated from a collapsed state into an expanded state, in order to distend a surgical cavity to provide an enclosure within which a surgical procedure may be performed, the body having an opened to allow communication between the enclosure defined by the body when in the expanded state and tissue/organs surrounding the body, in particular directly adjacent, in use, the open end of body.
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