Surgery – Instruments – Sutureless closure
Patent
1997-06-02
1999-10-12
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Sutureless closure
606192, A61B 1708
Patent
active
059647817
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 work space while the balloon is inflated, thereby allowing the use of normal short surgical instruments during laparoscopic procedures and during insufflation.
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Mollenauer Kenneth H.
Monfort Michelle Y.
Buiz Michael
General Surgical Innovations Inc.
Shai Daphana
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