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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2013
Applicant:
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, TW;
Inventor:
Tsung-Lin Yang, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0206 (2013.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.02); A61B 2090/571 (2016.02);
Abstract
A wound opener is provided. An operative field can be created through head/neck soft tissues for introducing the endoscopes and robotic surgical tools. An incision size can be properly adjusted. Thus, endoscopes, robotic arms or other devices can be smoothly introduced into the operative field to evaluate and treat lesions of head and neck soft tissues. Hence, the present invention facilitates surgical procedure, reduces wound size and effectively conceals wound to make it become invisible.