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US 2016/0256144 A1Published application
Specimen removal device with gas venting
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsDmitri Menn, Gene A. Stellon
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Abstract
A removal pouch that is utilized for removing body tissue from the interior of the body as part of a minimally invasive surgical procedure. The specimen removal pouch includes an elongated body and a gas vent. The elongated body has an interior portion to collect specimen from a body cavity of a patient. The gas vent is configured to allow passage of gas from the interior portion of the elongated body to an external environment during removal of the pouch from within the body cavity of a patient.
Claims14
1-12. (canceled)
A method of removing a specimen from a fluid-filled location within a patient, the method comprising:
- inserting a specimen removal pouch at least partially through an incision of a patient to the fluid-filled location;
- moving a proximal mouth of the specimen removal pouch around the specimen such that the specimen and any fluid within the specimen removal pouch is at least partially positioned within a first portion of the specimen removal pouch;
- moving the proximal mouth from an open configuration toward a closed configuration to hinder the specimen from moving through the proximal mouth;
- removing the specimen removal pouch through the incision;
- and
- releasing at least some of the fluid through a second portion of the specimen removal pouch, the second portion having a different porosity than the first portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.