Trans-vascular surgical method and associated device
AssigneeWilk Patent, LLC
InventorPeter Wilk
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Abstract
A trans-vascular surgical method includes forming an artificial opening in a blood vessel of a patient's vascular system at a substantially predetermined location and moving a distal end portion of a medical instrument through at least a section of the patient's vascular system and through the artificial opening. A surgical port device is disposed inside the blood vessel to inhibit blood from exiting the patient's vascular system through the artificial opening while permitting extension of the distal end portion of the medical instrument through the artificial opening. After moving the distal end portion of the medical instrument through the artificial opening, the medical instrument is operated to perform a medical procedure operation inside the patient.
Claims31
A surgical method comprising:
- forming an artificial opening in a blood vessel of a patient's vascular system at a substantially predetermined location;
- moving a distal end portion of a medical instrument through at least a section of the patient's vascular system and through said artificial opening;
- disposing a surgical port device inside the blood vessel to inhibit blood from exiting the patient's vascular system through said artificial opening while permitting extension of the distal end portion of said medical instrument through said artificial opening;
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- after moving the distal end portion of said medical instrument through said artificial opening, operating said medical instrument to perform a medical procedure operation inside the patient.
The surgical method defined in claim 6 wherein said internal space is an abdominal cavity.
The surgical method defined in claim 8 wherein said port device includes a guide surface, said port device being disposed at said artificial opening, the moving of said medical instrument through said artificial opening including deflecting the distal end portion of said medical instrument through said artificial opening by engaging the distal end portion of said medical instrument with said guide surface
A surgical method comprising:
- forming an artificial opening in a blood vessel of a patient's vascular system at a substantially predetermined location in the abdominal cavity, said predetermined location being in an internal space of the patient;
- moving a distal end portion of a medical instrument through at least a section of the patient's vascular system and through said artificial opening and into said internal space;
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- after moving the distal end portion of said medical instrument through said artificial opening, operating said medical instrument to perform a medical procedure operation in said internal space inside the patient.
A surgical port device comprising:
- a body or frame member;
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- a deflection or guide element attached to said body or frame member for directing an intravascular instrument through a wall of the blood vessel.
A surgical instrument kit comprising:
- a first medical instrument insertable percutaneously into a patient's vascular system and operable to form an artificial opening in a blood vessel of the patient's vascular system at a substantially predetermined location;
- a second medical instrument insertable percutaneously into the patient's vascular system, through at least a section of the patient's vascular system and through said artificial opening;
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- a surgical port device disposable inside the blood vessel to inhibit blood from exiting the patient's vascular system through said artificial opening while permitting extension of the distal end portion of second said medical instrument through said artificial opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.