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US 4,991,593 AGranted
Flexible bag for storing body organs
AssigneeMinnesota Scientific, Inc.
InventorBruce A. LeVahn
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Abstract
A device for maintaining a body organ during surgery includes a flexible enclosure having at least one opening large enough to permit the body organ to pass through and including means for limiting closure of the opening such that injury to the body organ is minimized.
Claims11
A device for maintaining a body organ during surgery, comprising:
- a flexible enclosure having first and second openings, the first opening being large enough to permit the body organ to pass through;
- means for closing the first opening of the flexible enclosure;
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- semi-rigid means for limiting closure of the first opening such that injury to the body organ is minimized, the semi-rigid means including sleeve means proximate the opening and forming a circumferential passage, drawstring means including at least one drawstring positioned in the circumferential passage and a flexible tube having a passage extending therethrough, the flexible tube being positioned in the circumferential passage, and at least one draw string being positioned in the passage of the tube.
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