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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2014
Michael J. Vaillancourt, Chester, NJ (US);
Marshall Kerr, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Gregory J. Dwyer, Wayne, NJ (US);
Jeicol Herrera, Morristown, NJ (US);
Michael J. Pfefferkorn, Randolph, NJ (US);
Michael J. Vaillancourt, Chester, NJ (US);
Marshall Kerr, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Gregory J. Dwyer, Wayne, NJ (US);
Jeicol Herrera, Morristown, NJ (US);
Michael J. Pfefferkorn, Randolph, NJ (US);
VLV Associates, Inc., Whippany, NJ (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the wound protector has an annularly collapsible proximal ring and a flexible sleeve extends between the proximal ring and distal ring. After positioning of the distal ring in a wound, the proximal ring is expanded to draw the sleeve taut between the ringsand is drawn tight against the wound. In a second embodiment, the wound protector has a flexible sleeve secured between a distal ring and proximal ring of fixed diameters. In addition, an expansion member is disposed within a loop of the flexible sleeve about the proximal ring. After positioning of the distal ring in a wound, movement of the expansion member into an extended diametric state expands the loop in the sleeve diametrically while drawing the rings towards each other.