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Medical device for providing access

  • US 7,585,290 B2
  • Filed: 01/20/2004
  • Issued: 09/08/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An assembly comprising:

  • a vacuum device having a perimeter portion sized and shaped to be positioned against a portion of a patient'"'"'s body and shell portion disposed inward of the perimeter portion, the shell portion having a generally convex outer surface and a generally concave inner surface, the vacuum device operable for providing an operative space within a patient; and

    a multicomponent device for providing access through the shell portion from a point external of the vacuum device to a point within the patient;

    the multicomponent device comprising detachable first and second members, the first member for providing a first portion of an access passageway, and the second member for providing a second portion of an access passageway, the first member comprising a proximal end, a pointed distal end, and an attachment portion positioned between the proximal and distal ends, the attachment portion comprising a means for attaching to a proximal end of the second member.

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