SURGICAL ACCESS ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USING SAME

• US 20130204095A1
• Filed: 03/05/2013
• Published: 08/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NICO Corporation
• Original Assignee: NICO Corporation
• Inventors: Mark, Joseph L., Dougherty, Brian C., Furore, Adam
• Granted Patent: US 9,161,820 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/249
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/0014 Fastening element for attaching accessories to the outside of an endoscope, e.g. clips, clamps or bands
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00154 using guiding arrangements for insertion
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/0607 for annular illumination
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/32 Devices for opening or enlarging the visual field, e.g. of a tube of the body dilators A61M29/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/0218 for minimally invasive surgery A61B17/0281, A61B17/0469, A61B17/12013, A61B17/1285, A61B17/29, A61B17/320016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/320016 Endoscopic cutting instruments, e.g. arthroscopes, resectoscopes A61B10/0233, A61B17/29, A61B17/3207 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3205 Excision instruments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3417 Details of tips or shafts, e.g. grooves, expandable, bendable; Multiple coaxial sliding cannulas, e.g. for dilating syringe needles A61M5/32; dilators A61M29/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3421 Cannulas
• 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: A61B 2017/320064 with tissue or sample retaining means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/3456 blunt
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2034/2051 Electromagnetic tracking systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/062 penetration depth
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/0807 Indication means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/0811 for the position of a particular part of an instrument with respect to the rest of the instrument, e.g. position of the anvil of a stapling instrument
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/103 Cranial plugs for access to brain
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/306 using optical fibres
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/309 using white LEDs
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/3614 using optical fibre
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0066 : Optical coherence imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0071 : by measuring fluorescence emission
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/055 : involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/061 : Determining position of a probe within the body employing means separate from the probe, e.g. sensing internal probe position employing impedance electrodes on the surface of the body A61B1/00158 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/12 : Arrangements for detecting or locating foreign bodies
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/0808 : for diagnosis of the brain
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/0841 : for locating instruments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/12 : in body cavities or body tracts, e.g. by using catheters catheters per se A61M25/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/30 : Devices for illuminating a surgical field, the devices having an interrelation with other surgical devices or with a surgical procedure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/361 : Image-producing devices, e.g. surgical cameras
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/0626 : used with other surgical instruments, e.g. endoscope, trocar
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/06 : Haemostasis valves, i.e. gaskets sealing around a needle, catheter or the like, closing on removal thereof

Abstract

An illuminating ring assembly is disclosed. The illuminating ring configured to be used with a surgical access element. The illuminating ring assembly comprises a housing defined by a cover and a wall member extending from the cover, wherein the cover and wall member cooperate to define a cavity therein, a light element configured to be disposed with the cavity, and an attachment mechanism configured to selectively attach the housing to a surgical access element. Wherein the cover and the light element both include an opening therethrough.

Claims

1. An illuminating ring assembly configured to be used with a surgical access element, comprising:

a housing defined by a cover and a wall member extending from the cover, wherein the cover and the wall member cooperate to define a cavity therein;

a light element configured to be disposed within the cavity; and

an attachment mechanism configured to selectively attach the housing to a surgical access element;

wherein the cover and the light element both include an opening therethrough.

2. The illuminating ring assembly of claim 1, wherein the attachment mechanism further comprises a hinged clamp member that engages a portion of the housing to positively secure the attachment mechanism to the housing.

3. The illuminating assembly of claim 2, wherein the hinged clamp member further comprises two arms that are joined together by a hinge, and wherein ends of each arm are configured to lock together around a protuberance extending from an end face of the housing.

4. The illuminating assembly of claim 1, wherein an outer surface of the cover further includes at least one retaining notch therein, wherein the retaining notch extends from an outer periphery of the cover to a peripheral edge of the opening formed in the cover.

5. The illuminating ring of claim 1, further comprising at least one retaining projection extending outwardly away from the wall member of the housing, wherein each retaining projection is configured with a hole extending through the projection.

6. The illuminating ring of claim 1, wherein the attachment portion comprises a spring clamp.

7. The illuminating ring of claim 6, wherein the spring clamp is configured with opposing finger rests separated by gripping portions.

8. The illuminating ring of claim 6, wherein the spring clamp is a unitary structure.

9. The illuminating ring of claim 6, wherein the spring clamp further comprises a slidable portion that is configured to engage with a projection member extending from the housing.

10. The illuminating ring of claim 6, wherein the slidable portion includes at least one slot that is configured to receive at least one gripping member fixed to the projection member.

11. The illuminating ring of claim 1, wherein the attachment mechanism comprises a pair of retaining tabs disposed within the cavity, said retaining tabs arranged to oppose one another.

12. The illuminating ring of claim 11, wherein the retaining tabs extend generally perpendicular from the wall member.

13. The illuminating ring of claim 11, further comprising a pair of locating members arranged in an opposing manner within the cavity, wherein the retaining tabs are positioned between the locating members.

14. The illuminating ring of claim 12, further comprising opposing gripping areas disposed on the wall member, wherein when the gripping areas are biased toward one another, the retaining tabs are configured to flex outwardly from the cavity.

15. The illuminating ring of claim 1, wherein the attachment mechanism further comprises first and second wall sections that are separated by opposing gaps.

16. The illuminating ring of claim 15, wherein the first and second wall sections each include a finger tab, wherein each finger tab extends beyond an end of each respective wall section so as to extend partially within the gaps.

17. The illuminating ring of claim 15, wherein the attachment mechanism further comprises a first and second opposing retaining lips, wherein the first retaining lip is disposed inwardly from an inner periphery surface of the first wall section and wherein the second retaining lip is disposed inwardly from an inner periphery surface of the second wall section.

18. The illuminating ring of claim 15, further comprising an annular gap extending partially around the wall member.

19. The illuminating ring of claim 1, wherein an outer surface of the cover further includes at least one retaining notch therein, wherein the retaining notch extends from an outer periphery of the cover to a peripheral edge of the opening formed in the cover.

20. The illuminating ring of claim 1, further comprising at least one retaining projection extending from the cover configured to cooperate with a retaining mechanism is secure the cover to a surface.