Body-wall-contact-type water tank and in-cavity fluid perfusion system
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1. A body-wall-contact-type water tank comprising:
- a water tank main part that includes a bottom-most surface, the bottom-most surface of the water tank main part being configured to be in contact with an outer surface of a patient'"'"'s body wall for retaining a liquid that is fed into a body cavity of the patient;
a through hole formed in the bottom-most surface of the water tank main part, the through hole being configured to direct the liquid retained in the water tank main part into the patient'"'"'s body cavity via an incision that is made on the patient'"'"'s body wall, anda flange section outwardly extended from an outer circumferential edge of the bottom-most surface of the water tank main part, an entirety of the flange section being disposed outside the water tank main part,wherein the flange section is formed of a flexible material that is capable of following the outer surface of the patient'"'"'s body wall, and the flange section is configured to be brought into close contact with the outer surface of the patient'"'"'s body wall to provide a liquid-tight connection between the water tank main part and the patient'"'"'s body wall to prevent the leakage of liquid between the patient'"'"'s body wall and the water tank main part.
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Abstract
A body-wall-contact-type water tank (12) is equipped with: a water-tank body for storing a fluid to be supplied into a body cavity, and positioned so as to contact a body wall (120); a through-hole which conveys the fluid stored in the water-tank body into the body cavity via an incision formed in the body wall (120), and which is formed in the bottom section of the water-tank body; and a connecting means for connecting, in a fluid-tight manner, the water-tank body to the body wall (120) and/or to a retractor (110) attached to the incision.
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1. A body-wall-contact-type water tank comprising:
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a water tank main part that includes a bottom-most surface, the bottom-most surface of the water tank main part being configured to be in contact with an outer surface of a patient'"'"'s body wall for retaining a liquid that is fed into a body cavity of the patient; a through hole formed in the bottom-most surface of the water tank main part, the through hole being configured to direct the liquid retained in the water tank main part into the patient'"'"'s body cavity via an incision that is made on the patient'"'"'s body wall, and a flange section outwardly extended from an outer circumferential edge of the bottom-most surface of the water tank main part, an entirety of the flange section being disposed outside the water tank main part, wherein the flange section is formed of a flexible material that is capable of following the outer surface of the patient'"'"'s body wall, and the flange section is configured to be brought into close contact with the outer surface of the patient'"'"'s body wall to provide a liquid-tight connection between the water tank main part and the patient'"'"'s body wall to prevent the leakage of liquid between the patient'"'"'s body wall and the water tank main part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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