Apparatus and method for minimally invasive surgery
AssigneeAxcess Instruments Inc.
InventorsMichael J. Norton, Noel D. Ischy
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Abstract
A single body port or body flange access device and method for performing laparoscopic surgery are disclosed. The device comprises a plurality of crisscrossing conduits through which surgical instruments may be inserted. The instruments are manipulated so that triangulation is obtained using one patient body flange while standard surgical procedures are performed on the patient.
Claims40
1-20. (canceled)
A system for performing a laparoscopic surgical procedure in the abdominal cavity of a patient through a single incision in the patient's abdominal wall, comprising:
- a) an access port body configured for placement within the single incision and having at least first and second passageways extending therethrough;
- b) a first surgical instrument extendible through the first passageway of the access port body into the abdominal cavity of the patient;
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- c) at least a second surgical instrument extendible through the second passageway of the access port body into the abdominal cavity of the patient, wherein the first and second passageways are adapted and configured to allow for triangulation of the first and second surgical instruments within the abdominal cavity of the patient.
A system for performing a laparoscopic surgical procedure in the abdominal cavity of a patient through a single incision in the patient's abdominal wall, comprising:
- a) an access port body configured for placement within the single incision and having at least first and second passageways extending therethrough, the access port body including at least first and second conduits that extend from an upper surface of the access port body and communicate respectively with the at least first and second passageways;
- b) a first surgical instrument extendible through the first conduit and the first passageway of the access port body into the abdominal cavity of the patient;
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- c) a second surgical instrument extendible through the second conduit and the passageway of the access port body into the abdominal cavity of the patient, wherein the first and second conduits and the first and second passageways are adapted and configured to allow for triangulation of the first and second surgical instruments within the abdominal cavity of the patient.
A method for performing a laparoscopic surgical procedure in the abdominal cavity of a patient through a single incision in the patient's abdominal wall, comprising:
- a) placing an access port body within the single incision;
- b) extending a first surgical instrument through a first passageway of the access port body into the abdominal cavity of the patient;
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- c) extending a second surgical instrument through a second passageway of the access port body into the abdominal cavity of the patient;
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- d) triangulating the first and second surgical instruments within the abdominal cavity of the patient.
A method for performing a laparoscopic surgical procedure in the abdominal cavity of a patient through a single incision in the patient's abdominal wall, comprising:
- a) placing an access port body within the single incision, wherein the access port body has a central longitudinal axis extending therethrough;
- b) extending a first surgical instrument through a first passageway of the access port body into the abdominal cavity of the patient, wherein the first passageway has a first longitudinal axis extending therethrough that is radially spaced from and extends parallel to the central longitudinal axis of the access port body;
- c) extending a second surgical instrument through a second passageway of the access port body into the abdominal cavity of the patient, wherein the second passageway has a second longitudinal axis extending therethrough that is radially spaced from and extends parallel to the central longitudinal axis of the access port body;
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- d) rotating the access port body relative to the single incision.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.