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US5460169A
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Instrument for implementing medical or surgical operations by laparoscopy or coelioscopy
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1994-06-28
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Granted: 1995-10-24
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Expires: 2014-06-28
Abstract
Abstract An instrument for assisting surgical laparascopic or coelioscopic operations where the patient's anterior abdominal wall is formed with an aperture and is raised away from the patient's visceral organs comprises a wirelike body having a first part extending substantially in a plane and adapted to lie against the posterior face of the anterior abdominal wall, a second part extending transversely from the plane of the first part, having an outer end, and adapted to traverse the aperture in the abdominal wall, and a hook at the outer end of the second part adapted to be secured to a stationary support. After inflation of the patient's peritoneum to raise the anterior abdominal wall, the second part of the device is hooked under this wall and the outer end is hooked over a bracket to maintain the abdominal wall raised.
Inventors
- 👤 Philippe Mouret
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 02:04
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/02; A61B17/0281
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
An instrument for assisting surgical laparascopic or coelioscopic operations where the patient's anterior abdominal wall has been formed with an aperture and is raised away from the patient's visceral organs, the instrument having: a first part extending substantially in a plane and adapted to lie against the posterior face of the anterior abdominal wall, a second part extending transversely from the plane of the first part, having an outer end, and adapted to traverse the aperture in the abdominal wall, and a hook at the outer end of the second part adapted to be secured to a stationary support.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
99 words
An instrument for assisting surgical laparascopic or coelioscopic operations where the patient's anterior abdominal wall has been formed with an aperture and is raised away from the patient's visceral organs, the instrument having: a first part extending substantially in a plane and adapted to lie against the posterior face of the anterior abdominal wall, a second part extending transversely from the plane of the first part, having an outer end, and adapted to traverse the aperture in the abdominal wall, and a hook at the outer end of the second part adapted to be secured to a stationary support.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The combination defined in claim 1 wherein the first part is formed as an open ring.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The combination defined in claim 2 wherein the ring has an end portion attached to the second part and inclined away from the second part and from the plane of the first part.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
The combination defined in claim 1 wherein the instrument is elastically deformable.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The combination defined in claim 2 wherein the second part extends at an acute angle to the plane of the ring.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
118 words
A method of performing a surgical laparascopic or coelioscopic procedure comprising the steps of: supporting a patient on an operating table provided with a stationary bracket with an anterior abdominal wall of the patient directed upward; forming in the upwardly directed anterior abdominal wall a throughgoing aperture; raising the anterior abdominal wall away from the patient's visceral organs; engaging through the aperture a first part of an instrument that extends substantially in a plane and positioning this first part against the posterior face of the raised anterior abdominal wall; hooking over the bracket a second part of the instrument that extends transversely from the plane of the first part and thereby holding up the raised anterior abdominal wall.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
118 words
A method of performing a surgical laparascopic or coelioscopic procedure comprising the steps of: supporting a patient on an operating table provided with a stationary bracket with an anterior abdominal wall of the patient directed upward; forming in the upwardly directed anterior abdominal wall a throughgoing aperture; raising the anterior abdominal wall away from the patient's visceral organs; engaging through the aperture a first part of an instrument that extends substantially in a plane and positioning this first part against the posterior face of the raised anterior abdominal wall; hooking over the bracket a second part of the instrument that extends transversely from the plane of the first part and thereby holding up the raised anterior abdominal wall.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method defined in claim 6 wherein the anterior abdominal wall is raised by pressurizing the peritoneum of the patient.
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