Skin seal with inflatable membrane

Details Skin seal with inflatable membrane Skin seal with inflatable membrane

2005-06-13

2010-06-29

Woo, Julian W (Department: 3773)

Surgery

Instruments

Sutureless closure

C606S192000, C604S256000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07744626

ABSTRACT:
A skin seal or trocar stabilizer with an inflatable balloon in the shape of a dumbbell, where the balloon may be stored within a cannula for easy placement in an incision and inflated to deploy the balloon inside the body, and a portion of the balloon expands inside the cannula, whereby medical instruments may be passed through the skin seal into a laparoscopic workspace while the balloon is inflated, thereby allowing the use of normal short surgical instruments during laparoscopic procedures and during insufflation.

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