Medical device and method for conducting a surgery through a body opening
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsJamie Li, Timothy P. Harrah
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Abstract
A medical device and method for facilitating a surgery through a body opening is disclosed. The medical device includes a flexible member configured to be placed within the body opening so as to cover a portion of the body opening. The flexible member includes a distal end portion with a closed end, a proximal end portion with an open end and an elongate portion joining the proximal end portion and the distal end portion. The proximal end portion is configured to extend out of the patient's body opening to cover an area around and outside the patient's body opening.
Claims20
A medical device configured to be inserted into a patient's body opening for facilitating a surgery, the medical device comprising:
- a flexible member configured to be placed within the body opening so as to cover a portion of the body opening, the flexible member including:
- a distal end portion with a closed end,
- a proximal end portion with an open end, the proximal end portion configured to extend out of the patient's body opening to cover an area around the patient's body opening, and
- an elongate portion joining the proximal end portion and the distal end portion.
A method for conducting a surgery through a body opening of a patient, the method comprising:
- placing a portion of a medical device inside the body opening, the medical device including a distal end portion with a closed end, a proximal end portion with an open end, and an elongate portion joining the proximal end portion and the distal end portion, wherein the distal end portion and the elongate portion contacts an inner surface of the body opening and the proximal end portion resides out of the body opening upon placement;
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- piercing the medical device at a desired location for conducting the surgery.
A method for conducting an implant surgery through a vaginal opening of a patient, the method comprising:
- placing a portion of a medical device inside the vaginal opening, the medical device including a flexible member having a distal end portion with a closed end, a proximal end portion with an open end, and an elongate portion joining the proximal end portion and the distal end portion, wherein the distal end portion and the elongate portion contacts outer surfaces of vaginal walls and the proximal end portion resides out of the vaginal opening upon placement;
- piercing the medical device at a desired location for conducting the implant surgery;
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- delivering a bodily implant within the patient's body through the pierced location formed in the medical device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.