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Multifunctional devices for use in endoscopic surgical procedures and method therefor

  • US 5,700,239 A
  • Filed: 06/05/1996
  • Issued: 12/23/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/24/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A multifunctional device for use in an endoscopically performed procedure of the type where a narrow portal in a body is utilized to access an internal operative site in the body and the device is introduced to the operative site through the narrow portal, said device comprising a length of absorbent material capable of expanding upon absorbing body fluids, said absorbent material having a rigid dry state prior to introduction at the operative site and an expanded, soft wet state after absorbing body fluids at the operative site, a tubular spine extending through said absorbent material, a tubular connector having a distal end connected to said spine and a proximal end for being disposed externally of the body and a medicament for being supplied to said absorbent material through said spine, from externally of the body, after said absorbent material has been introduced at the operative site, said spine having a predetermined non-straight configuration, being maintained in a straight configuration by said absorbent material in said rigid dry state and returning to said predetermined non-straight configuration when said absorbent material is in said soft wet state.

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