T-shaped abdominal wall lift with telescoping member

Details T-shaped abdominal wall lift with telescoping member T-shaped abdominal wall lift with telescoping member

1994-07-11

1996-08-20

Apley, Richard J.

Surgery

Specula

Retractor

600215, 600219, 604107, 606191, 606198, A61B 1702

Patent

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055474586

ABSTRACT:
Abdominal wall lift devices and methods are disclosed that extend a lift device through an opening in the abdominal wall in an entry configuration and subsequently transform the device to a deployed configuration within the abdominal cavity. One embodiment includes a plurality of elongated bar members that may be introduced into an abdominal cavity in a separated end-to-end orientation. The bar members are subsequently interconnected into a deployed configuration within the abdominal cavity. Another embodiment includes a device that may be introduced through a small opening in an abdominal wall in a generally L-shaped configuration and subsequently deployed into a generally T-shaped configuration within the abdominal cavity. A further embodiment includes an umbrella-like device that may be introduced in a slender generally cylindrical configuration and subsequently deployed into an open umbrella-type configuration.

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