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US 12,740,694 B2Granted
Lighted surgical access system
AssigneeApplied Medical Resources Corporation
InventorsAlex Diehl, Luis Salazar, Andrew Nguyen, Jonathan Rothschild, Joel Velasco, Khodr Saleh, Alexis Penaloza, Ralph Sias, Tina Talwar, Cory Hague, Boun Pravong, Kennii Pravongviengkham, Suraj Sharma
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Abstract
The lighted surgical access system is provided that includes a circumferential retractor and a plastic optical fiber (POF) attached thereto. The circumferential retractor retracts and protects a patient's body opening while the POF illuminates the internal surgical site, body cavity and/or body opening.
Claims14
A lighted surgical access system to illuminate internally a body cavity comprising:
- an outer ring;
- an inner ring;
- a sheath having a proximal end connected to the outer ring and a distal end connected the inner ring, the sheath delimiting an access channel extending from the outer ring to the inner ring;
- a plastic optical fiber (POF) comprising a POF leader being a proximal portion of the POF and a POF tail being a distal portion of the POF, the POF leader extending beyond the outer ring and connectable to a light source;
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- a sleeve connected to a distal portion of the sheath and spaced from the inner ring, the sleeve extending radially around the distal portion of the sheath and the POF tail being positioned within the sleeve.
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