DE60314464D1 - Chirurgischer wundretraktor - Google Patents

Chirurgischer wundretraktor

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Publication number
DE60314464D1
DE60314464D1 DE60314464T DE60314464T DE60314464D1 DE 60314464 D1 DE60314464 D1 DE 60314464D1 DE 60314464 T DE60314464 T DE 60314464T DE 60314464 T DE60314464 T DE 60314464T DE 60314464 D1 DE60314464 D1 DE 60314464D1
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Prior art keywords
retractor
ring
wound retractor
surgical wound
retracting
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Expired - Lifetime
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DE60314464T2 (de
Inventor
John Butler
Trevor Vaugh
Frank Bonadio
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Atropos Ltd
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Atropos Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/34—Trocars; Puncturing needles
    • A61B17/3417—Details of tips or shafts, e.g. grooves, expandable, bendable; Multiple coaxial sliding cannulas, e.g. for dilating
    • A61B17/3421—Cannulas
    • A61B17/3423—Access ports, e.g. toroid shape introducers for instruments or hands
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/02—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for holding wounds open; Tractors
    • A61B17/0293—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for holding wounds open; Tractors with ring member to support retractor elements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/34—Trocars; Puncturing needles
    • A61B17/3417—Details of tips or shafts, e.g. grooves, expandable, bendable; Multiple coaxial sliding cannulas, e.g. for dilating
    • A61B17/3421—Cannulas
    • A61B17/3431—Cannulas being collapsible, e.g. made of thin flexible material
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/34—Trocars; Puncturing needles
    • A61B17/3468—Trocars; Puncturing needles for implanting or removing devices, e.g. prostheses, implants, seeds, wires
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B2017/00535—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets pneumatically or hydraulically operated
    • A61B2017/00557—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets pneumatically or hydraulically operated inflatable
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/34—Trocars; Puncturing needles
    • A61B2017/348—Means for supporting the trocar against the body or retaining the trocar inside the body
    • A61B2017/3482—Means for supporting the trocar against the body or retaining the trocar inside the body inside
    • A61B2017/3484—Anchoring means, e.g. spreading-out umbrella-like structure
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/34—Trocars; Puncturing needles
    • A61B2017/348—Means for supporting the trocar against the body or retaining the trocar inside the body
    • A61B2017/3492—Means for supporting the trocar against the body or retaining the trocar inside the body against the outside of the body

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Surgery (AREA)
  • Molecular Biology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Medical Informatics (AREA)
  • Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Pathology (AREA)
  • Surgical Instruments (AREA)
  • Materials For Medical Uses (AREA)
  • Tension Adjustment In Filamentary Materials (AREA)
  • Eye Examination Apparatus (AREA)
  • Winding Filamentary Materials (AREA)
DE60314464T 2002-09-19 2003-09-19 Chirurgischer wundretraktor Expired - Lifetime DE60314464T2 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

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IE20020754 2002-09-19
IE20020754 2002-09-19
US49090903P 2003-07-30 2003-07-30
US490909P 2003-07-30
PCT/IE2003/000126 WO2004026153A1 (en) 2002-09-19 2003-09-19 A wound retractor system

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DE60314464D1 true DE60314464D1 (de) 2007-07-26
DE60314464T2 DE60314464T2 (de) 2008-02-14

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EP (1) EP1610696B1 (de)
AT (1) ATE364355T1 (de)
AU (1) AU2003273510A1 (de)
DE (1) DE60314464T2 (de)
ES (1) ES2287516T3 (de)
WO (1) WO2004026153A1 (de)

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