Locking pivotal surgical orifice
US5279575A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 13, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jan 18, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 13, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/3492
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device for use during endoscopic surgery for temporarily maintaining an open passageway through a body wall into a body cavity having a main hollow tube, a pair of extendable flukes pivotably mounted on the tube, a second hollow tube for camming the flukes open and clamping means for engagement with the skin of a patient and a third hollow tube for compressing the flukes in order that the device may be inserted into and removed from the incision.
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