Device for supporting the abdominal wall relative to underlying organs during minimally invasive surgery
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Abstract
Device for supporting the abdominal wall away from organs positioned thereunder for freeing up a surgical space in minimally invasive surgery, having multiple tube-shaped hollow bodies, which are fillable via a hose line (6, 16), and which are connected to each other in circumferential direction to form a preferably conical toroidal shape. The elongated hollow bodies (2, 10) are each supported at their ends (4, 12) on a tube-shaped, thin-walled, foldable hollow body (8, 14), which forms a ring, and which can be filled via a hose line (6, 16), extending along the two edges of the toroidal shape. The diameters of the two annular hollow bodies (8, 14) may be the same, or different, thus forming a cylindrical or frustoconical wall (18) serving for support.
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9. A device for supporting the abdominal wall away from organs positioned thereunder for freeing up a surgical space in minimally invasive surgery, comprising:
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a) multiple tube-shaped, thin-walled, foldable hollow bodies forming a toroidal shape, and being fillable via a hose line; b) the tube-shaped hollow bodies being elongated, and extending in the direction of the toroidal shape; c) the tube-shaped hollow bodies being connected to each other in a circumferential direction of the toroidal shape; and d) the elongated bodies being supported in an axial direction of the toroidal shape at their ends on a respective tube-shaped, thin-walled, foldable hollow body, which form a ring, and being fillable via a hose line, and which extending along both edges of the toroidal shape. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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