DEVICES, SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE ABDOMINAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES
First Claim
1. A guide device configured to be inserted through an opening in the skin to form a delivery tract to a target location within the body of a patient, said guide device comprising:
- an elongated tube, at least a portion of which is transparent;
a transparent distal tip closing a distal end of a main lumen of said elongated tube and having a blunt exterior surface;
wherein a proximal end of said main lumen of said elongated tube is open and communicates with said main lumen, said main lumen extending through said elongated tube; and
wherein a distal portion of said elongated tube is flexible.
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Abstract
Apparatus, tools, device and methods provided for treating a patient including: making an incision or puncture though the patient'"'"'s skin; establishing an initial tract through an opening formed by the incision or puncture; inserting a guide member having a flexible distal portion and a distal tip into the initial tract and extending the initial tract to form a delivery tract leading to a target location within the patient'"'"'s body; wherein said distal tip and at least a portion of a remainder of said guide member are transparent and delivering an obturator and conduit assembly over said guide member to place a distal end of the conduit of said obturator and conduit assembly in a location at or near the target location, said obturator having been inserted into said conduit prior to delivering said assembly over said guide member such that a distal end of said obturator extends distally out of a distal opening of said conduit wherein said obturator comprises a central lumen adapted to closely follow said guide member while sliding thereover.
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17 Claims
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1. A guide device configured to be inserted through an opening in the skin to form a delivery tract to a target location within the body of a patient, said guide device comprising:
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an elongated tube, at least a portion of which is transparent; a transparent distal tip closing a distal end of a main lumen of said elongated tube and having a blunt exterior surface; wherein a proximal end of said main lumen of said elongated tube is open and communicates with said main lumen, said main lumen extending through said elongated tube; and wherein a distal portion of said elongated tube is flexible. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An assembly for providing access to a target location within the body of a patient, said assembly comprising:
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a guide member comprising an elongated tube, at least a portion of which is transparent and at least a portion of which is rigid, or rigidified by receiving a stiffening member therein, and a transparent distal tip closing a distal end of a main lumen of said elongated tube and having a blunt exterior surface, a proximal end of said main lumen of said elongated tube being open; a conduit having a length sufficient to extend from said target location, at a distal end of said conduit through an opening in the body such that a proximal end of said conduit extends out of the body, at least a portion of said conduit being flexible, said conduit configured to allow at least one device or tool to be delivered therethrough; and an obturator having a length greater than an length of said conduit, said obturator being flexible and configured to be inserted through said conduit, a distal end portion of said obturator configured to extend distally of a distal end of said conduit and seat against said distal end, said obturator further comprising a central obturator lumen, said central obturator lumen configured to closely follow over said guide member, so that when inserted into said conduit said obturator and said conduit form an obturator and conduit assembly and when said obturator and conduit assembly is passed into the body over said guide member, said distal end portion of said obturator, together with said guide member substantially prevents bodily fluids and tissues from entering said conduit. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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