Multifunctional devices for use in endoscopic surgical procedure

Details Multifunctional devices for use in endoscopic surgical procedure Multifunctional devices for use in endoscopic surgical procedure

1990-10-23

1994-12-20

Kruter, Jerome L.

Surgery

Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material

Absorbent pad for external or internal application and...

604 11, 604 15, 604358, 604904, A61F 1315, A61F 1320

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ABSTRACT:
A multifunctional device for use in an endoscopically performed operative procedure of the type where a narrow portal is established through the skin to provide access to an operative site and the multifunctional device is introduced to the operative site through the narrow portal. The multifunctional device is formed of an absorbent material, preferably expandable, having a substantially rigid dry state prior to introduction to the operative site and a soft, flexible wet state after absorbing fluids. The absorbent material can be formed with a spine therein of either a continuous or a discontinuous, segmented construction, and the spine can be branched and tubular or solid. The absorbent material can have portions or segments thereof expandable to different sizes to produce rounded protuberances to facilitate manipulation at the operative site and can have predetermined, non-straight configurations in the wet state, the predetermined configurations being controlled by the spine in the absorbent material or the method of forming the absorbent material. The multifunctional device can have a passage therethrough to accommodate laser, electrosurgical, biopsy or culturing instruments.

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