Laparoscopic surgical gauze and the like
OwnerDavid W. Cloydinventor
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Abstract
A surgical gauze for use in combination with a trocar for laparoscopic surgery comprises a unitary body of surgical gauze of a size to fit through a trocar for use in surgical procedures, an elongated flexible radio-opaque tether of about 24 inches in length connected at one end to the body of gauze, and an anchoring device of a size too large for passage through a trocar connected to the other end of the tether.
Claims20
A surgical tool for use in laparoscopic surgery comprising:
- a surgical gauze formed of a unitary body of a size to fit through a trocar for use in laparoscopic surgical procedures;
- an elongated flexible tether connected at one end to said body;
- and
- an article of a size to prevent its passage through a trocar connected to the other end of said tether.
A surgical gauze for use in combination with a trocar for laparoscopic surgery comprising:
- a unitary body of surgical gauze of a size to fit through a trocar for use in laparoscopic surgical procedures;
- an elongated flexible tether of about 24 inches in length connected at one end to said body of gauze;
- and an anchoring device of a size too large for passage through a trocar connected to the other end of said tether.
A method of use of surgical gauzes during laparoscopy surgery in a body cavity comprising the steps of:
- selecting and inserting a trocar through an opening into an abdominal body cavity for providing access therethrough to a surgical site within said body cavity;
- selecting a surgical gauze of a size to pass through said trocar;
- providing said gauze with an elongated flexible radio-opaque tether of a length to extend through said trocar and be manipulated within said body cavity;
- providing an outer end of said tether with an anchoring device for preventing its passing through the trocar;
- selecting grasping means sized to fit through said trocar for grasping said gauze;
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- grasping said surgical gauze with said grasping means and extending said gauze through said trocar into said body cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.