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Flexible encoscopic surgical port

  • US 5,391,156 A
  • Filed: 01/06/1994
  • Issued: 02/21/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical port for insertion through a body wall at an intercostal location to allow a surgical instrument to be inserted therein and manipulated inside a thoracic cavity, comprising:

  • a pair of spaced parallel stay rods;

    a flexible band connecting said stay rods together at the midsections thereof;

    said stay rods being adapted for insertion through an intercostal opening in the body wall extending into the thoracic cavity with said flexible band located within the opening;

    each of said stay rods being adapted to bend outwardly at its proximal and distal ends into engagement with the body wall to protect the body wall from trauma when a surgical instrument is inserted and manipulated in said surgical port;

    wherein each stay rod has its proximal end extending above said flexible band and its distal end extending below said flexible band; and

    wherein each of said stay rods includes an enlarged flange at its distal end for protecting the inner surface of the body wall from trauma.

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