Pneumoperitoneum device
AssigneeAtrops Limited
InventorsKirk Anthony SHIBLEY, Frank BONADIO, Trevor VAUGH, Shane Joseph MACNALLY, Lucy Dolores HALPIN, Stephen WILLIAMS
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Abstract
A method for performing a laparoscopic procedure may include inserting a bag through an opening. The method may also include delivering tissue into the bag, sealing the bag, and inflating the bag to create an artificial pneumoperitoneum that extends the abdomen and provides additional working and viewing space. Further, the method may include carrying out a procedure on the tissue located in the inflated bag.
Claims31
A method for performing a laparoscopic procedure, comprising:
- inserting a bag through a patient opening;
- delivering tissue into a bag opening of the bag;
- withdrawing the bag opening back through the patient opening;
- sealing the bag;
- inflating the bag to create an artificial pneumoperitoneum that extends the abdomen and provides additional working and viewing space;
- and
- carrying out a procedure on the tissue located in the inflated bag.
A method for performing a laparoscopic procedure, comprising:
- inserting a bag through a patient opening and into a peritoneal cavity;
- delivering tissue into the bag in an insufflated peritoneal cavity;
- sealing the bag;
- inflating the bag to apply a retracting force to the materials outside the bag thereby enlarging the peritoneal cavity;
- carrying out a procedure on the tissue located in the inflated bag;
- and
- allowing the peritoneal cavity to uninsufflate so that the inflated bag is located in an uninsufflated peritoneal cavity.
A method for performing a laparoscopic procedure, comprising:
- inserting a bag through a patient opening and into a peritoneal cavity;
- delivering tissue into the bag;
- sealing the bag;
- inflating the bag to retract surrounding structures and organs and urge the bag against the abdominal wall;
- piercing the bag by one or more trocars at a location where the bag is urged against the abdominal wall;
- carrying out a procedure on the tissue located in the inflated bag;
- and
- communicating the peritoneal cavity with the atmosphere prior to carrying out a procedure on the tissue located in the inflated bag.
A method for performing a laparoscopic procedure, comprising:
- insufflating the peritoneal cavity to provide a working and viewing space;
- excising tissue within the working and viewing space;
- inserting a bag into the working and viewing space;
- delivering the excised tissue into the bag;
- sealing the bag;
- inflating the bag to replace the working and viewing space of the insufflated peritoneal cavity with a working and viewing space within the bag;
- and
- carrying out a procedure on the tissue located in the inflated bag.
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