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Medical instrument stabilizer with anchoring system and methods

  • US 5,540,648 A
  • Filed: 07/13/1994
  • Issued: 07/30/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A medical instrument stabilizer for use in the performance of endoscopic procedures in an anatomical cavity in the body comprising:

  • a stabilizer body having a surface for being placed against an external surface of a wall of an anatomical cavity and a port for receiving instruments to be introduced into the anatomical cavity through said stabilizer body and the cavity wall; and

    a tissue penetrating member movably carried by said stabilizer body and having a tip extendable from said stabilizer surface and into the cavity wall for anchoring said stabilizer body on the cavity wall, said tissue penetrating member being movable between a retracted position wherein said tip is disposed within said body and an extended position wherein said tip extends from said stabilizer surface.

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