398 results about "Operative incision" patented technology

Surgical method and apparatus for resectioning tissue, preferably lumenal tissue, with a remaining portion of an organ being anastomized with staples or other fastening device, preferably endolumenally. The apparatus may be inserted via a naturally occurring body orifice or a surgical incision and then advanced using either endoscopic or radiological imaging guidance to an area where surgery is to be performed. Under endoscopic or diagnostic imaging guidance the apparatus is positioned so tissue to be resected is manipulated into an inner cavity of the apparatus. The apparatus then cuts the diseased tissue after stapling and retains the diseased tissue within the apparatus. The rent resulting in a border of healthy tissue is anastomosed with surgical staples.

Surgical method and apparatus for resectioning tissue, preferably lumenal tissue, with a remaining portion of an organ being anastomized with staples or other fastening devices, preferably endolumenally. The apparatus may be inserted via a naturally occurring body orifice or a surgical incision and then advanced using either endoscopic or radiological imaging guidance to an area where surgery is to be performed. Under endoscopic or diagnostic imaging guidance the apparatus is positioned so tissue to be resected is manipulated into an inner cavity of the apparatus. The apparatus then cuts the diseased tissue after stapling and retains the diseased tissue within the apparatus. The rent resulting in a border of healthy tissue is anastomosed with surgical staples.

A surgical instrument, guide, and method capable of being used for closure of peritoneum fascia, occlusion of bleeding vessels such as inferior epigastric, and for all uses related to accurately passing suture material through a guide into tissue. A tip of a surgical instrument in a standard suture-/needle-driving position with a sharp tip that opens and closes with the surgeon grasping suture material with the sharp tip is provided. Insertion of the tip/suture through tissue until the tip is seen through the peritoneum by direct vision begins the wound-closing procedure. The suture is released by opening and withdrawing the tip from the guide. The suture is recovered by using the guide to redirect the tip and puncturing the tissue opposite the first point of insertion. The tip grasps the suture and pulls the suture through the guide. The suture is pulled outside the wound, providing for rapid closure of the surgical incision. The guide is insertable within the wound to be closed and guides the surgical instrument at a predetermined angle from the longitudinal axis of the guide for optimum wound closure. Alternative embodiments of the guide include providing a slot through which non-linear surgical instruments may pass through an open or enclosed passageway.

Methods and apparatus for a surgical retractor include a ring, a plurality of flexible straps connected to the ring, a patch of hook or loop material connected to each strap, a coordinating patch of hook or loop material connectable to the patient's skin or the surgical drape. The flexible straps of the surgical retractor may be frangibly connected together. LEDs molded into the distal end create a light source to illuminate the surgical site. The ring may take several forms including a flexible or adjustable ring and an inflatable bladder. The ring of the surgical retractor is inserted into the surgical incision, a patch of loop fastener is attached to the patient, a set of straps connected to the ring are pulled outward and the hook portion is applied to the loop portion to hold the incision open. The retractor is useable for thoracic and other types of surgery.

A surgical device is disclosed which may advantageously perform the functions of both a retractor and a distractor. The device has two retractor blades facing each other and held in a common frame, the retractor blades are insertable into a surgical incision in a patient and moveable away from each other along a main axis (x) so as to widen the surgical incision; and a connecting pin attached at a distal end of each retractor blade. Each connecting pin is attachable to a pedicle screw anchored to respective vertebrae of the patient, so that moving away the two retractor blades along the main axis (x) determines a distraction of the vertebrae.

An expandable adapter collar assembly is provided for use with a surgical access port having an outer diameter in order to increase the apparent outer diameter of the combination of the surgical access port and expandable collar in order to conform to the size of a surgical incision. The expandable adapter collar is an inflatable collar which is selectively detachably positionable so as to surround the surgical access port and expandable from a deflated or contracted smaller diameter to an inflated or expanded larger diameter to fill the surgical incision. The expandable adapter collar may be provided as part of an expandable collar assembly including a source of inflation fluids. There is also provided a method of adapting a surgical access port for use in a surgical incision having a size larger than the original design parameters for the surgical access port.

The invention relates to an active wound repair material, specifically to a functional dressing and a preparation method and application thereof, belonging to the field of medical materials. To overcome a technical problem, the invention provides the functional dressing, which belongs to biologically active wound repair materials. The functional dressing is prepared from the following raw materials by weight: 2 to 6 parts of biologically active glass, 12 to 20 parts of alginate, 4 to 12 parts of chitosan and 100 to 200 parts of water. Multiple dosage forms can be prepared from the above-mentioned raw materials, mainly comprising a gel, a dressing, etc. The functional dressing provided by the invention has the advantages of bacteriostatic action on a wound, promotion of wound healing and growth, adsorption of a small amount of tissue exudates, good biosecurity, waterproof performance, a bacterium blocking effect, etc. The functional dressing has a wide application scope, is applicable to mechanical trauma and operative incision (wound) and exerts a good therapeutic effect on hard-healing wounds like burns and scalds, diabetic foot, ulcer and pressure sores and a good curative effect on an infectious wound and a delayed union wound.

A specimen retrieval system for use with minimally invasive surgical procedures is disclosed. The system permits excised tissue having a dimension, a size, a shape, or a volume larger than a natural orifice or a surgical incision used in a minimally invasive procedure to access the surgical site, to be removed from the body through the natural orifice or surgical incision. The system comprises a specimen retrieval container and a compression structure. The compression structure is configured to apply a compressive force to the container to reduce or alter at least one of a dimension, a size, a shape, and a volume of the container and the tissue contained therein, such that the tissue can be removed through the natural orifice or surgical incision without need to surgically alter or enlarge the orifice or original incision.

The invention discloses a circumcision stitching instrument which is characterized in that the left end of a fixed lance handle is a cylindrical cavity; the right side of the fixed lance handle is connected to a pistol trigger; the pistol trigger is connected with an insurance; a post rod, a cutter blade and a long rod target base are sequentially arranged in the cylindrical cavity of the fixed lance handle from outside to inside; cartridge clips are circularly arranged in the fixed lance handle abutted against the left end of the post rod and are all provided with bullets; the right end of the post rod is connected to the pistol trigger; the cutter blade is of a cylindrical structure coaxial with the long rod target base; the left end of the long rod target base is a semi-circular recessed cavity; a target base baffle ring of a flanging structure is arranged at the edge of the left end of the long rod target base; the right end of the long rod target base is connected with a locking nut; and the position of the target base baffle ring corresponds to those of the bullets. The circumcision stitching instrument enables the circumcision to be convenient, rapid, safe and labor saving, has the advantages of regular operative incision, less bleeding and pain, convenient post-operative nursing and stitch and loop removal free, and maximally reduces the doctor workload.

The invention relates to a method for preparing a multi-layer composite functional surgical dressing. The method comprises the following steps: respectively and independently carding the fiber layers comprising a functional layer which is formed by mixing chitosan fiber or chitosan fiber and viscose and is directly contacted with the skin, a water-absorbing layer which is made of viscose and has high liquid absorption performance and a protective layer which is formed by mixing the viscose and polyester fiber and has the supporting and protecting functions so as to form a net, manufacturing a three-layer laminate with an upper functional layer, a middle water-absorbing layer and a lower protective layer by employing a water jet strengthening technology, coating a waterproof agent on the protective layer of the three-layer laminate to form a waterproof layer, and finally rolling to obtain the surgical dressing. The product has high biocompatibility and promotes healing, the antibacterial rate is up to 96.7 percent, the liquid absorption rate is 1259 percent, the waterproofing grade is up to level 5, and the surgical dressing can be used for clinical repair for operative incision, burn, scald, ulcer and other skin injury and is simple in production process, low in cost and environmentally-friendly.

A surgical or wound closure device utilizes a slide fastener for rapidly closing a surgical incision or wound with precise apposition of the sides of the incision. The surgical closure devices are configured for linear incisions, shaped incisions, such as used for wedge biopsy or excisional biopsy, and long incisions, such as used for laparotomy or surgical removal of redundant skin. The surgical closure device may be adhered to the patient's skin prior to making an incision and is subsequently used for closing the incision.

Disclosed is a mechanical telemanipulator handle to control surgical instruments with articulated end-effectors, such as dissectors, scissors or graspers, enhancing a surgeon's performance during various surgical procedures. These surgical instruments may be inserted into surgical incisions in a body of a patient and the articulated end-effector is mounted on the distal extremity of the instrument shaft, comprising a plurality of links interconnected by a plurality of joints, whose movements are remotely controlled at the telemanipulator's proximal handle. This remote actuation is accomplished through mechanical transmission, optimally along flexible elements, which are able to kinematically connect the end-effector with the handle such that the movements applied on the handle are reproduced by the end-effector at a predetermined scaled ratio. The articulated handle further comprises one or more movement-amplification systems that amplify the movements generated at the handle so that the gripping force at the instrument's end-effector can be increased and the surgeon's ergonomy improved.

A method of surgically accessing and making an incision in a selected part of a body includes inserting a needle into part of the body and withdrawing fluid from the body through the needle to determine if the needle is located in the selected part of the body. Once properly located, a blade is moved along the length of the needle, making an adjacent incision. A depth of the blade relative to the end of the needle is indicated to the user. A surgical apparatus includes a hollow needle, having a needle point and a needle wall that defines a needle tube. A blade having a cutting edge and a blade base adjacent to the cutting edge is located adjacent to the needle wall. A platform slidably engages the needle for sliding along the length of the needle and holding the blade base adjacent to the needle.

This invention relates generally to a therapeutic medical garment that supports the abdomen or belly of a pregnant or post-partum woman and of either men or women with distended abdomens. The invention relates to an adjustable-support therapeutic undergarment which lifts the abdomen to prevent irritation of a surgical incision or scar in the lower abdominal or groin region such an incision resulting from a caesarian section or a hernia incision. The invention allows proper healing of the incision, and relieves both stress and strain on the scar and friction from the overhanging abdomen.

The invention relates to a robotic surgical instrument arm and a minimally-invasive surgical robot applicable to various hole numbers. A transmission device of the robotic surgical instrument arm anda flexible arm are in transmission through a wire rope, and the flexible arm is provided with a force sensor which is used for sensing stress of an executing end; due to multiple-degree-of-freedom arranging of the flexible arm, the flexibility is improved; due to configuration layout design of the transmission device, a driving device and the flexible arm, a surgical operation incision in dual-hole and multi-hole combinations can be smaller, and a surgical operation is more minimally-invasive; the minimally-invasive surgical robot applicable to various hole numbers can be assembled into single-hole, dual-hole and multi-hole minimally-invasive surgical robots according to clinical requirements; and the quantity of adaptive diseases is large, the coverage is extensive, and the hole numbers and a branch quantity are changed flexibly. Through multiple-degree-of-freedom motion of the flexible arm, an endoscope and an end operating appliance can achieve omni-bearing poses in space, the fieldof view of the surgical operation is enlarged, and blind areas are avoided. The quantity of degrees of freedom of an in-vitro mechanical arm is greater than 6, bedside deployment is facilitated, anda remote motion center point can be relatively easily formed and is free of interference with human bodies.

An apparatus for closing a surgical incision comprises left and right base panels, a plurality of closure components, and a plurality of left and right axial supports coupled to the respective base panels. The closure components couple the left and right base panels to each other laterally and have left and right ends coupled to the respective base panels. The closure components are positioned laterally across the left and right panels, the left axial supports are disposed between pairs of left closure component ends, the right axial supports are disposed between pairs of right closure component ends, and the left and right axial supports are offset from one another such that a serpentine arrangement of consecutive closure components and axial supports is formed. The apparatus can be made of antimicrobial materials or materials impregnated with antimicrobial agents. A flexible adhesive cover can be provided over the apparatus when in use.