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US 2018/0280013 A1Published application
Surgical support device and methods of use
AssigneeBeacon Surgical Instruments, LLC
InventorsSundaram RAVIKUMAR, Guy OSBORNE, Harry Allan ALWARD
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Abstract
A surgical support device including a housing containing a supporting means and a band or sling which are deployed out of an aperture in the housing specimen via an activator or deployment mechanism. The deployed supporting means and band or sling are configured to be capable of retracting, supporting and maintaining a body organ or tissue during a surgical procedure.
Claims18
A surgical assembly for retracting and supporting an organ or tissue, comprising:
- a hollow housing having an aperture on a horizontal plane;
- a flexible supporting means within the hollow housing, connected on a proximal end to an activator and on a distal end to a distal end of the hollow housing;
- a flexible material configured to be housed within the hollow housing until deployed by the activator to extend out of the hollow housing aperture and retract and support a body organ or tissue, connected on one side to an inner portion of the hollow housing and on the other side to the flexible supporting means;
- an activator that is configured to impart a force onto the proximal end of the supporting means to urge the portion of the flexible supporting means within the hollow housing to extend out of the hollow housing aperture, to lock into an activated position, and to be released from the locked position and retracted back into the aperture of the hollow housing.
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A method of surgical retraction or an organ or tissue, comprising the steps of:
- inserting an unactivated surgical support device within an opening within human skin and into a body cavity, the surgical support device including a housing having an aperture, a flexible supporting means, a flexible material and an activator;
- positioning a distal end of the surgical support device in a location near an organ or tissue to be retracted;
- activating the activator and deploying the flexible supporting means and the flexible material from the aperture within the housing;
- placing the deployed flexible supporting means and flexible material with force in contact with the organ or tissue so as to retract the organ or tissue;
- maintaining and supporting the retracted organ and tissue for a period of time;
- release force to the retracted organ or tissue and releasing to the original location within the body cavity;
- deactivating the activator and withdrawing the deployed flexible supporting means and flexible material into the aperture of the housing;
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- withdrawing the unactivated surgical support device from within the body cavity.
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A method of assembling a surgical instrument for retracting and supporting an organ or tissue;
- comprising:
- providing components of a surgical instrument, the components including:
- a hollow housing having an aperture on a horizontal plane;
- a flexible supporting means within the hollow housing;
- a flexible material;
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- an activator;
- configuring and arranging the flexible supporting means so that the flexible supporting means is connected on a proximal end to an activator and on a distal end to a distal end of the hollow housing;
- configuring and arranging the flexible material so that it is housed within the hollow housing until deployed by the activator to extend out of the hollow housing aperture and retract and support a body organ or tissue, connected on one side to an inner portion of the hollow housing and on the other side to the flexible supporting means;
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- configuring and arranging the activator so that it imparts a force onto the proximal end of the supporting means to urge the portion of the flexible supporting means within the hollow housing to extend out of the hollow housing aperture, to lock into an activated position, and to be released from the locked position and retracted back into the aperture of the hollow housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.