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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2005
Applicant:
Patrick Leahy, Dublin, IE;
Inventor:
Patrick Leahy, Dublin, IE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 19/38 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00265 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00283 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00557 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5206 (2013.01);
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.