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
1-30. (canceled)
An inflatable artificial pneumoperitoneum bag, comprising:
- a length and a width;
- an artificial pneumoperitoneum bag neck portion having a first end and a second end, the first end forming a bag opening;
- an artificial pneumoperitoneum bag body portion forming a closed cavity in fluid communication with the second end of the neck portion, the body portion having a length and width greater than a length and width of the neck portion;
- and
- a ring located at the bag opening, the ring configured to bias the bag opening toward an open condition.
An inflatable artificial pneumoperitoneum bag, comprising:
- a first planar sheet portion and a second planar sheet portion, the first and second planar sheet portions having joined edges to form the pneumpoeritoneum bag having
- a length and a width;
- a neck portion having a first end and a second end, the first end forming a bag opening;
- a body portion forming a closed cavity in fluid communication with the second end of the neck portion, the body portion having a length and width greater than a length and width of the neck portion;
- and
- a ring located at the bag opening, the ring configured to bias the bag opening toward an open condition.
A method, comprising:
- creating an artificial pneumoperitoneum in a patient using an artificial pneumoperitoneum bag, the artificial pneumoperitoneum bag including
- a length and a width,
- a neck portion having a first end and a second end, the first end forming a bag opening;
- a body portion forming a closed cavity in fluid communication with the second end of the neck portion, the body portion having a length and width greater than a length and width of the neck portion;
- and
- a ring located at the bag opening, the ring configured to bias the bag opening toward an open condition.
A method, comprising:
- creating an artificial pneumoperitoneum in a patient using an artificial pneumoperitoneum bag, the artificial pneumoperitoneum bag including
- a first planar sheet portion and a second planar sheet portion, the first and second planar sheet portions having joined edges to form the pneumpoeritoneum bag having
- a length and a width;
- a neck portion having a first end and a second end, the first end forming a bag opening;
- a body portion forming a closed cavity in fluid communication with the second end of the neck portion, the body portion having a length and width greater than a length and width of the neck portion;
- and
- a ring located at the bag opening, the ring configured to bias the bag opening toward an open condition;
- and
- the creating of the artificial pneumoperitoneum includes positioning the joined edges in alignment with the lateral walls of the abdomen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.