Systems for the prevention of surgical site infections

US10993709B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · US

Inventors

• Insoo Suh · San Francisco, US
• Jonathan Allen Coe · Menlo Park, US
• Swaminadhan Gnanashanmugam · San Francisco, US
• Jeremy Koehler · East Palo Alto, US
• Mark Welton · Reston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 4, 2018
• Grant date: May 4, 2021
• Expiry date: Sep 4, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2217/007
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A surgical access system facilitates access to a surgical site within a patient's body through an incision in the body. Surgical access systems can have at least one retention member and a fluid transportation member configured to deliver fluid to a surgical site or to remove fluid from a surgical site. In some embodiments, a surgical access device irrigates a surgical site to reduce surgical site infections and removes fluid from the surgical site to increase a physician's visibility into the surgical site.