Anchoring assembly for a medical instrument
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1. An anchor assembly structured to retain a medical instrument within a body cavity, said anchor assembly comprising:
- a) a mounting assembly disposed on an exterior of the medical instrument, b) a base disposed on the medical instrument in adjacent relation to said mounting assembly, c) an inflatable member formed of an elastomeric material and disposable in an expanded position and a collapsed position, d) said inflatable member including a retaining portion mechanically secured between said base and said mounting assembly;
e) said base and said mounting assembly being relatively disposed on the medical instrument to define a predetermined spacing there-between;
f) said retaining portion of said inflatable member being at least partially disposed within said predetermined spacing between said mounting assembly and said base; and
g) said retaining portion of said inflatable member being secured in a substantially compressed orientation between said base and said mounting assembly when said inflatable member is in either said collapsed or expanded positions.
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Abstract
An anchor assembly for retaining a cannula or other medical instrument within a body cavity and including an inflatable member selectively disposed between an expanded position and a collapsed position. A mounting assembly is cooperatively disposed and structured with a base, underlying the inflatable member, so as to mechanically attach the inflatable member to an exterior of the cannula. The mechanical attachment is accomplished by one or more retaining segments on the inflatable member being disposed in a compressed or sandwiched orientation between the base and the mounting assembly.
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1. An anchor assembly structured to retain a medical instrument within a body cavity, said anchor assembly comprising:
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a) a mounting assembly disposed on an exterior of the medical instrument, b) a base disposed on the medical instrument in adjacent relation to said mounting assembly, c) an inflatable member formed of an elastomeric material and disposable in an expanded position and a collapsed position, d) said inflatable member including a retaining portion mechanically secured between said base and said mounting assembly;
e) said base and said mounting assembly being relatively disposed on the medical instrument to define a predetermined spacing there-between;
f) said retaining portion of said inflatable member being at least partially disposed within said predetermined spacing between said mounting assembly and said base; and
g) said retaining portion of said inflatable member being secured in a substantially compressed orientation between said base and said mounting assembly when said inflatable member is in either said collapsed or expanded positions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An anchor assembly structured to retain a cannula within a body cavity, said anchor assembly comprising:
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a) a mounting assembly comprising a first mounting member and a second mounting member disposed on the cannula, b) a base disposed on the cannula between said first and second mounting members, c) two retaining spaces each disposed between a different end of said base and a correspondingly positioned one of said first and second mounting members, d) an inflatable member formed of an elastomeric material and disposable between an expanded position and a collapsed position, e) said inflatable member including a plurality of retaining segments each mechanically gripped within a different one of said retaining spaces, and f) said base being movably disposed on the cannula and axially positionable into compressed engagement with at least one of said retaining segments. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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