Patent · US Active

Methods and apparatus for reducing the risk of surgical site infections

US10327751B2 · kind B2 · utility

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134References

52Claims

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Assignee

Prescient Surgical, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jonathan Allen Coe · Menlo Park, US
Insoo Suh · San Francisco, US
Jeremy Koehler · East Palo Alto, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 20, 2014
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 5, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F7/034
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A surgical access system that facilitates access to a surgical site through an incision in the patient's body includes a surgical retractor and a fluid delivery or fluid evacuation device. The fluid delivery or fluid evacuation device is coupled to the surgical retractor and is adapted to deliver fluid to the surgical site or evacuate fluid from the surgical site.

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