Suspension system for minimally invasive surgery
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorFrank Viola
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Abstract
A suspension system for supporting surgical devices inside a patient's body cavity comprising an external frame, a plurality of elongated members extending from the external frame and through the patient's skin into the body cavity, and an internal platform located inside the body cavity. The internal platform includes a plurality of links reconfigurable from a first elongated position wherein the links are substantially aligned along a longitudinal axis for insertion to a second position wherein the links are angled with respect to one another to form a non-linear configuration. A first support of the external frame is movable with respect to the second support to thereby move the internal platform.
Claims16
1-20. (canceled)
A suspension system for supporting surgical devices within a body cavity of a patient comprising:
- an external frame;
- a plurality of elongated members extending from the external frame;
- and
- an internal platform operatively associated with the plurality of elongated members, the internal platform including a plurality of links pivotally coupled to each other, the plurality of links reconfigurable between a first position in which the plurality of links define a linear configuration and a second position in which the plurality of links define a non-linear configuration.
A suspension system for supporting surgical devices within a body cavity of a patient comprising:
- an external frame;
- an internal support positionable within the body cavity;
- and
- a plurality of elongated members extending from the external frame and detachably coupled to the internal support, wherein at least one of the plurality of elongated members is rotatably coupled with the external frame and the internal support to adjust a position of the internal support relative to the external frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.