Screw-type skin seal with inflatable membrane

USRE44380E1 · kind E1 · reissue

Inventors

• Roger de la Torre · Chesterfield, US
• George D. Hermann · Los Gatos, US
• Christopher Eric Thayer · Portola Valley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 2009
• Grant date: Jul 16, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 28, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A skin seal or trocar stabilizer with an inflatable membrane disposed inside, whereby medical instruments may be passed through the skin seal into a endoscopic work space while the inflatable membrane is inflated, thereby allowing the use of normal short conventional open surgery instruments during endoscopic procedures and during insufflation.