METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GRASPING AN ABDOMINAL WALL

• US 20080097153A1
• Filed: 08/24/2006
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Synapse Biomedical Inc.
• Original Assignee: Synapse Biomedical Inc.
• Inventors: Gelbke, James E., Ignagni, Anthony R., Onders, Raymond P.
• Application Number:
  US11/467,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20080097153A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/114
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/0281 Abdominal wall lifters
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3415 for introducing tubes or catheters, e.g. gastrostomy tubes, drain catheters A61B17/3417 takes precedence; body piercing catheter guide needles A61M25/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3423 Access ports, e.g. toroid shape introducers for instruments or hands access sites for liquids A61M39/0247
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/04 in the body, e.g. expansible A61M25/10, A61M16/0488 take precedence

Abstract

A method of delivering a tool to a peritoneal cavity including the following steps: inserting a guidewire percutaneously through an abdominal wall into a stomach; pulling the abdominal wall away from the stomach; and guiding a distal end of an endoscope with the guidewire through a wall of the stomach into the peritoneal cavity. Another aspect of the invention provides an abdominal wall grasping device having an abdominal wall attachment portion adapted to attach to an abdominal wall and a grasping element adapted to be grasped by a user to pull the abdominal wall away from a stomach.

Claims

1. A method of delivering a tool to a peritoneal cavity comprising:

inserting a guidewire percutaneously through an abdominal wall into a stomach;

pulling the abdominal wall away from the stomach; and

guiding a distal end of an endoscope with the guidewire through a wall of the stomach into the peritoneal cavity.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising attaching an abdominal wall grasping device to the abdominal wall prior to the pulling step.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the attaching step comprises inserting the grasping device into the abdominal wall.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the attaching step comprises disposing the grasping device around the guidewire.

5. The method of claim 2 further comprising sealing the grasping device around the guidewire.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein the attaching step comprises expanding the grasping device.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the expanding step comprises inflating the grasping device.

8. An abdominal wall grasping device comprising an abdominal wall attachment portion adapted to attach to an abdominal wall and a grasping element adapted to be grasped by a user to pull the abdominal wall away from a stomach.

9. The device of claim 8 wherein the attachment portion comprises an insertion element adapted to be inserted into an opening in the abdominal wall.

10. The device of claim 9 wherein the insertion portion is expandable.

11. The device of claim 10 wherein the insertion portion is inflatable.

12. The device of claim 8 further comprising an opening adapted to surround a guidewire.

13. The device of claim 12 wherein the opening is adapted to seal around a guidewire.

14. The device of claim 8 wherein the grasping element comprises openings sized for insertion by the user'"'"'s fingers.