Methods for the prevention of surgical site infections

US9084594B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Board of Trustees of the Lealand 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: Jan 8, 2013
• Grant date: Jul 21, 2015
• Expiry date: May 2, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

Several methods to reduce surgical site infections include inserting a surgical access device into an incision, retracting tissue, and introducing fluid into the surgical access device such that the fluid exits the surgical access device and irrigates a surgical site. Other methods do not include introducing fluid into a surgical access device but include suctioning a fluid into the surgical access device and removing the fluid from the body.