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US 5,263,927 AGranted
Apparatus and methods for dispensing surgical packing
OwnerLeonard M. Shlaininventor
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Abstract
A surgical packing dispenser comprises an elongate tube having a housing mounted on its proximal end. A continuous roll of sterilized packing material is disposed within the housing, and a free end of the packing material extends distally through the tube. The sterilized packing material is mounted on the spindle, and a handle is provided to rotate the spindle to feed material from the roll down the dispenser tube. In this way, relatively lengthy amounts of the packing material can be dispensed during laparoscopic and other endoscopic surgical procedures.
Claims6
A method for dispensing surgical packing, to a target site said method comprising:
- providing a dispenser having an elongate dispenser tube and a continuous roll of sterilized surgical packing material having a free end extending outward through a distal end of the tube;
- positioning the distal end of the elongate dispenser tube through a proximal end of a trocar so that a tube is coaxial with the trocar and the distal end of the tube lies within the trocar;
- and
- rotating the roll of sterilized packing material to feed the free end outward from the tube through a distal length of the trocar to the target site.
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