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US 2019/0269394 A1Published application
Magnaretractor system and method
AssigneeAttractive Surgical, LLC
InventorTodd Deutch
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Abstract
A system and method for performing surgical procedures within a body cavity, e.g. abdomen, uses a magnetized device is utilized to allow a surgeon to control intra-abdominal organs and objects. The system and method allows a surgeon to perform an intra-abdominal procedure without the need to position surgical tools inside of the body cavity. Additional surgical ports are not necessary as the magnetized device allows the surgeon to retract or position various objects within the abdomen.
Claims16
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A method for performing a surgical procedure, comprising:
- creating an opening into a body cavity;
- introducing a placement apparatus engaged to a detachable clamp through the opening, wherein the clamp comprises magnetically responsive material and the placement apparatus comprises a disengagement mechanism configured to slide within the placement apparatus;
- fixing the clamp to tissue within the body cavity;
- disengaging the clamp from the placement apparatus;
- removing the placement apparatus from the body cavity;
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- moving the clamp while fixed to the tissue within the body cavity using a magnetic field.
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A system for retraction of tissue, comprising:
- a clamp comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is configured to attach to tissue and the second end is configured to be selectively disengaged from a placement apparatus;
- a placement apparatus comprising a selective disengagement mechanism configured to selectively disengage the clamp,
- wherein the second end of the clamp comprises magnetically responsive material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.