Safety isolation bags for intra abdominal, endoscopic procedures, power morcellation and vaginal morcellation

A safety isolation bag, a pneumoperitoneum device for intra-abdominal, endoscopic procedures, power morcellation and vaginal morcellation for facilitating the safe removal of surgical specimen or body mass from within the abdominal cavity or from anywhere in the body comprising of an expandable and collapsible enclosed internal space or cavity (5) having a neck portion (4) with mouth (3) or a wide opening and said neck portion is provided with markings, colour coded indicating how much the bag is to be pulled out for the removal of large, medium and small tissue mass and is made of one or more layers of flexible biocompatible/medical grade plastic film ensuring leak proof, and provided with one or more non-return valves (6) on one of the surface in the wall of the safety isolation bag to help to puncture the bag for introducing the surgical instruments and accessories into the enclosed internal space or cavity (5) and said non return valve is provided with long looped threads (8) to puncture the bag at the right position in for giving enough counter pressure when pulled, in addition to facilitate to puncture at the right position for inserting the trocars and said mouth (3) of the bag is normally kept in open position by means of a flexible retainer ring (7) embedded at upper circumferential portion of the mouth, and the periphery of said mouth (3) of the bag is attached with a retractor means (2) for facilitating to pull out the bag through the incision made in the body.

A method of employing safety isolation bag as claimed in claim 13, wherein

• i) in step e) tubular guide (8a) is to be pulled out along with long looped thread (8) attached to the non-return valve by means of nontraumatic grasper (11);
• and
• ii) in step g) closed tip of the tubular guide is cut and the trocar is introduced through the tubular guide before puncturing the non-return valve under vision,
• when safety isolation bag is provided with tubular guide (8a) attached to the each of the non return valve (6), in addition to long looped thread (8).