Retraction device for minimally invasive surgery
AssigneeFlexbar Machine Corp.
InventorsDanny Sherwinter, Benjamin M. Nawrath, Steven Culver
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Abstract
A retraction device that can be used inside a patient during a surgical procedure is provided. The retraction device includes pivotally connected links and connection ends such that the ring can be flattened and introduced into a patient laparoscopically. Once introduced to a laparoscopic surgery site, the retraction device can be formed and used while within the patient. Once use is complete, the device that can be in the form of a ring can be substantially flattened and removed from the patient using the laparoscopic tool it was introduced with.
Claims15
A retraction device for minimally invasive surgery comprising:
- a plurality of links pivotally connected to each other forming a chain of links having opposing ends;
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- a connection mechanism positioned at each of the opposing ends and configured to connect the opposing ends and cause the plurality of links to form the retraction device;
- wherein the plurality of links are introduced into a patient in a substantially flat configuration prior to engagement of the connection mechanism.
A retraction device for use inside a patient during minimally invasive surgery, the retraction device comprising:
- at least two links connected to each other and having opposing ends, each of the at least two links having at least one slit configured to receive and secure a suture or a retraction hook, wherein the at least two links can be laparoscopically introduced into a patient in a substantially flat configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.