Retractor apparatus and methods for use
AssigneeTautona Group IP Holding Company, LLC
InventorsJoseph Rimsa, Geoffrey C. Gurtner
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Abstract
Trocar retractor apparatus and methods for use are described where an apparatus for positioning an instrument may generally include a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, an instrument positioning guide projecting from the first surface of the substrate, and one or more suction assemblies positioned along the second surface and in fluid communication with an interior of the substrate. The one or more suction assemblies may be attachable to a tissue region via a vacuum force applied through the one or more suction assemblies. The apparatus may also have the substrate configured to maintain a predetermined configuration when the vacuum force is applied.
Claims8
An apparatus for retracting a tissue region, comprising:
- a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;
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- a securement layer formed as an interior chamber between the first surface and the second surface such that the first surface and second surface are free to slide relative to one another,
- wherein the substrate is configured to maintain a predetermined configuration when a vacuum force is applied to the interior chamber through an opening defined in the substrate such that the vacuum force releasably adheres the second surface to a tissue surface via one or more openings defined along the second surface and whereby the first surface and the second surface are collapsed against one another via the vacuum force and sliding movement is restricted between the first surface and the second surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.