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Apparatus and method for use in surgery

  • US 5,640,977 A
  • Filed: 09/02/1994
  • Issued: 06/24/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for use in minimally invasive surgery through a wound into an insufflated cavity, comprising:

  • an outer sleeve of gas-impermeable supple material having an entry opening at a proximal end thereof and an exit opening at a distal end thereof;

    first sealing means adapted to seal the exit opening gastightly around the wound in a patient; and

    second sealing means adapted to seal the entry opening gastightly around a surgeon'"'"'s arm received therein and create thereby a gastight chamber in said outer sleeve when a surgeon'"'"'s arm is operatively received in said sleeve;

    whereby the sleeve cooperates with the first and second sealing means to enable the surgery to be performed under insufflatable conditions.

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