Surgical device for retracting and/or sealing an incision
OwnerFrank Bonadio, Shane Joseph McNally +3inventors
InventorsFrank Bonadio, Shane Joseph McNally, Ronan Bernard McManus, Derek William Young, Alan Reid
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Abstract
A wound protector retractor comprises an inner O-ring for insertion through a wound opening and a connecting sleeve extending between the O-ring and outer mounting assembly. The outer assembly is provided by rings between which the sleeve is led. The rings are rotated relative to each other and the inner ring to form a centralized lumen of reduced cross section and to shorten the axial extent of the sleeve. A wound is both retracted and protected.
Claims37
A surgical device comprising:
- an inner mounting means for insertion through a wound opening;
- a first outer mounting means for mounting external of a wound opening;
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- connecting means extending between the inner and outer mounting means;
- the connecting means being movable to shorten the axial extent of the connecting means.
A device as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the connecting means is a sleeve of pliable material extending between the inner and outer mounting means.
A device as claimed in any preceding claim including a second outer mounting means, the connecting means extending between the first outer mounting means, the inner mounting means, and the second outer mounting means.
A device as claimed in any preceding claim comprising:
- an inner mounting means for insertion through a wound opening;
- a first outer mounting means;
- a second outer mounting means;
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- a sleeve of pliable material extending from the second outer mounting means to the inner mounting means and from the inner mounting means to the first outer mounting means.
A device as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the outer mounting means includes a holder for holding a surgical instrument.
A surgical device substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A surgical device as claimed in any preceding claim forming a wound retractor.
A surgical device as claimed in any preceding claim forming a wound protector retractor.
A wound protector substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A wound retractor substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A wound protector retractor substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A device as claimed in any preceding claim including an attachment means for attaching the device to another device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.