Method for use in intra-abdominal surgery
First Claim
1. A method for use in intra-abdominal surgery, comprising the steps of:
- inserting an incising instrument with an elongate shaft through a natural body opening into a natural body cavity of a patient;
manipulating said incising instrument from outside the patient to form a perforation in an internal wall of said natural internal body cavity;
upon formation of said perforation, inserting a distal end of an elongate surgical instrument through said natural body opening, said natural body cavity and said perforation into an abdominal cavity of the patient;
inserting a distal end of an endoscope into said abdominal cavity;
operating said surgical instrument to perform a surgical operation on an organ in said abdominal cavity;
during said step of operating, viewing the surgical operation via said endoscope;
upon completion of said surgical operation, withdrawing said surgical instrument and said endoscope from said abdominal cavity; and
closing said perforation.
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Abstract
A method for use in intra-abdominal surgery comprises, in accordance with the present invention, the steps of (a) inserting an incising instrument with an elongate shaft through a natural body opening into a natural body cavity of a patient, (b) manipulating the incising instrument from outside the patient to form a perforation in an internal wall of the natural internal body cavity, and (c) inserting a distal end of an elongate surgical instrument through the natural body opening, the natural body cavity and the perforation into an abdominal cavity of the patient upon formation of the perforation. Further steps of the method include (d) inserting a distal end of an endoscope into the abdominal cavity, (e) operating the surgical instrument to perform a surgical operation on an organ in the abdominal cavity, (f) viewing the surgical operation via the endoscope, (g) withdrawing the surgical instrument and the endoscope from the abdominal cavity upon completion of the surgical operation, and (h) closing the perforation.
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31 Claims
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1. A method for use in intra-abdominal surgery, comprising the steps of:
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inserting an incising instrument with an elongate shaft through a natural body opening into a natural body cavity of a patient; manipulating said incising instrument from outside the patient to form a perforation in an internal wall of said natural internal body cavity; upon formation of said perforation, inserting a distal end of an elongate surgical instrument through said natural body opening, said natural body cavity and said perforation into an abdominal cavity of the patient; inserting a distal end of an endoscope into said abdominal cavity; operating said surgical instrument to perform a surgical operation on an organ in said abdominal cavity; during said step of operating, viewing the surgical operation via said endoscope; upon completion of said surgical operation, withdrawing said surgical instrument and said endoscope from said abdominal cavity; and closing said perforation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for use in intra-abdominal surgery, comprising the steps of:
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inserting an endoscope through a natural body opening into a natural body cavity of a patient; inserting an endoscopic type incising instrument through said natural body opening into said natural body cavity; manipulating said incising instrument from outside the patient to form a perforation in an internal wall of said natural internal body cavity; moving a distal end of said endoscope through said perforation; using said endoscope to visually inspect internal body tissues in an abdominal cavity of the patient; inserting a distal end of an elongate surgical instrument into said abdominal cavity of the patient; executing a surgical operation on said internal body tissues by manipulating said surgical instrument from outside the patient; upon completion of said surgical operation, withdrawing said surgical instrument and said endoscope from said abdominal cavity; closing said perforation; and withdrawing said endoscope from said natural body cavity. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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