US 8,465,494 B2 · Apparatus for inserting a surgical device at least partially through a wound opening

Abstract

An apparatus (650) for inserting a distal ring (9) of a wound retractor device (2) through a wound opening comprises a bladeless tip (641) for creating the wound opening by forcing tissue apart, and a conveying device (5) for conveying the distal ring (9) through the wound opening. The conveying device (5) comprises a hook element (6) for engaging the distal ring (9) to convey the distal ring (9) through the wound opening, and a receiver housing (651) for receiving a seal (652) and a proximal ring (653) of the wound retractor device (2) to hold the seal (652) and the proximal ring (653) externally of the wound opening, and thus maintain a sleeve portion of the wound retractor device (2) in tension, during conveying of the distal ring (9) through the wound opening.

Claims39

Dependent claims

An apparatus for inserting a wound protector having a distal ring portion and a sleeve portion, at least partially through a tissue opening, the apparatus comprising:

a housing including:
an interior surface defining a chamber, the chamber being configured to receive at least a portion of the wound protector, wherein the interior surface of the housing is configured to compress at least a portion of the distal ring portion, at least one opening into the chamber, the at least one opening into the chamber being configured to allow passage of at least a portion of the wound protector, and a housing including a cross section, the cross-section having a maximum transverse dimension that is greater than a maximum dimension normal to the maximum transverse dimension, and a blunt distal tip, wherein the cross-section being maintained during entire removal of the portion of the wound protector from the housing.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/347,803Filed 6 Feb 2006 · continuation in part

Priority

IE 9809971 Dec 1998

Published

US 2006/0247499 A12 Nov 2006

Granted

18 Jun 2013

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification27 codes

A61B 17/0218
For holding wounds open, e.g. retractors; Tractors: for minimally invasive surgery
A61B 17/0293
For holding wounds open, e.g. retractors; Tractors: with ring member to support retractor elements
A61B 17/06109
Needles, e.g. needle tip configurations: big needles, either gripped by hand or connectable to a handle
A61B 17/3417
Trocars; Puncturing needles: details of tips or shafts, e.g. grooves, expandable, bendable; Multiple coaxial sliding cannulas, e.g. for dilating

Family

PCT/IE99/00122Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Dec 1999

PCT/IE99/00123Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Dec 1999

Application09/688,138Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Oct 2000

Application09/801,826Parent of this continuation · filed 9 Mar 2001

Application09/804,552Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Mar 2001

Application09/849,341Parent of this continuation · filed 7 May 2001

Application10/133,979Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 29 Apr 2002

Application60/415,780Us provisional application · filed 4 Oct 2002

Application60/428,215Us provisional application · filed 22 Nov 2002

Application10/315,233Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 10 Dec 2002

Application60/433,603Us provisional application · filed 16 Dec 2002

Application10/374,523Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 27 Feb 2003

Application60/453,200Us provisional application · filed 11 Mar 2003

Application60/490,909Us provisional application · filed 30 Jul 2003

Application10/665,395Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 22 Sep 2003

Application10/678,653Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 6 Oct 2003

Application10/736,234Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 16 Dec 2003

Application10/902,440Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 30 Jul 2004

Application60/650,197Us provisional application · filed 4 Feb 2005

Application60/724,775Us provisional application · filed 11 Oct 2005

Application60/740,634Us provisional application · filed 30 Nov 2005

US 2006/0247499 A1Pre-grant publication · published 2 Nov 2006

US 7,867,164 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 7,445,597 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 6,582,364 B2Parent of this continuation

Application10/374,523Parent of this continuation

US 6,254,534 B1Parent of this continuation

US 7,559,893 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 6,846,287 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part

Application10/133,979Parent of this continuation

US 6,578,577 B2Parent of this continuation

Application10/315,233Parent of this continuation

US 2001/0037053 A1Published application

US 2002/0010389 A1Published application

US 2002/0072762 A1Published application

US 2003/0078478 A1Published application

US 2004/0049100 A1Published application

US 2004/0092795 A1Published application

US 2004/0092796 A1Published application

US 2004/0154624 A1Published application

US 2005/0090717 A1Published application

US 2005/0192483 A1Published application

US 8,465,494 B2This patent

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Apparatus for inserting a surgical device at least partially through a wound opening

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Apparatus for inserting a surgical device at least partially through a wound opening

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Abstract

Claims39