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US 10,238,376 B2Granted
Wound protector
AssigneeVLV Associates
InventorsMichael J. Vaillancourt, Marshall Kerr, Jeicol Herrera
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Abstract
The wound protector has an annularly collapsible distal ring, an expansion member and a flexible sleeve extending between the distal ring and expansion member. After positioning of the distal ring in a wound, movement of the expansion member into an extended state expands the sleeve while drawing the sleeve tight against the wound and the expansion member against the patient.
Claims10
A wound protector comprising
- a collapsible distal ring of resiliently flexible material;
- a flexible sleeve extending from said distal ring and having a loop at one end thereof;
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- an expansion member disposed within said loop of said flexible sleeve for movement between a collapsed state and an extended state, wherein movement of said expansion member into said extended state expands said loop peripherally while drawing said distal ring and said expansion member towards each other, said expansion member including a pair of U-shaped mutually telescoping units wherein one of said units includes a pair of parallel arms of solid cross-section and the other of said units includes a pair of parallel arms of tubular cross-section receiving said arms of said one unit in telescoping relation.
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A wound protector comprising
- a collapsible distal ring;
- a flexible sleeve fixed to and extending from said distal ring and having a loop at one end thereof;
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- an expansion member disposed within said loop of said flexible sleeve for movement between a collapsed state and an extended state, wherein movement of said expansion member into said extended state expands said loop peripherally while drawing said distal ring and said expansion member towards each other, said expansion member including a pair of U-shaped mutually telescoping units wherein one of said units includes a pair of parallel arms of solid cross-section and the other of said units includes a pair of parallel arms of tubular cross-section receiving said arms of said one unit in telescoping relation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.