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Percutaneous or natural-orifice medical procedure and system therefor

  • US 8,475,361 B2
  • Filed: 01/05/2007
  • Issued: 07/02/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medical operation comprising:

  • introducing a holding member having a first holding portion which is provided at a distal end of an insertion portion into an abdominal cavity through an opening which opens percutaneously;

    introducing an introducing device having a second holding portion which detachably holds an observational device having a connecting member which is detachably connected to said first holding portion into the abdominal cavity through a natural orifice;

    fixing said first holding portion to said connecting member of said observational device;

    detaching said second holding portion from said first holding portion which is fixed to said observational device and to said connecting member after fixing said first holding portion to said connecting member; and

    observing said abdominal cavity by controlling a position and direction of said observational device that is fixed to said first holding portion by operating said holding member, in the state where said observational device is separated from said second holding portion.

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