Seal anchor with non-parallel lumens

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9017250-B2
Application number	US-201414248520-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 9, 2014
Priority date	Oct 1, 2009
Publication date	Apr 28, 2015
Grant date	Apr 28, 2015

Abstract

A seal anchor member defines a housing defining a longitudinal axis, the housing having leading and trailing ends, and including a plurality of lumens extending between the leading and trailing ends, each lumen being adapted for substantially sealed reception of an object therein and defining a longitudinal axis, wherein at least two of the lumens define longitudinal axes that are non-parallel to facilitate angled, at-rest placement of multiple instruments within the seal anchor member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A surgical device comprising:
a flexible seal anchor member defining a longitudinal axis and comprising an arcuate distal surface, an arcuate proximal surface, and an intermediate portion extending therebetween, wherein the intermediate portion has a proximal section that tapers inwardly in a distal direction and a distal section that tapers outwardly in the distal direction;
the seal anchor member further comprising a protruding portion disposed along a p…

Assignees

• Covidien Lp

Inventors

• Okoniewski Gregory

Classifications

• A61B17/0293

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B2017/3445

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B2017/3492

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B17/3498

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B2017/00238

  Human Necessities · mapped topic