EP2086387A4 - Diaphragm entry for posterior surgical access - Google Patents

Diaphragm entry for posterior surgical access

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Publication number
EP2086387A4
EP2086387A4 EP06839809.8A EP06839809A EP2086387A4 EP 2086387 A4 EP2086387 A4 EP 2086387A4 EP 06839809 A EP06839809 A EP 06839809A EP 2086387 A4 EP2086387 A4 EP 2086387A4
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EP
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Prior art keywords
surgical access
posterior surgical
diaphragm entry
diaphragm
entry
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
EP06839809.8A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP2086387A1 (en
Inventor
Sidney D Fleischman
James G Whayne
Rebecca Neubert
Earl Wayne Rogers
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Ncontact Surgical Inc
Original Assignee
Ncontact Surgical Inc
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Application filed by Ncontact Surgical Inc filed Critical Ncontact Surgical Inc
Publication of EP2086387A1 publication Critical patent/EP2086387A1/en
Publication of EP2086387A4 publication Critical patent/EP2086387A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/34Trocars; Puncturing needles
    • A61B17/3417Details of tips or shafts, e.g. grooves, expandable, bendable; Multiple coaxial sliding cannulas, e.g. for dilating
    • A61B17/3421Cannulas
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/34Trocars; Puncturing needles
    • A61B2017/348Means for supporting the trocar against the body or retaining the trocar inside the body
    • A61B2017/3482Means for supporting the trocar against the body or retaining the trocar inside the body inside
    • A61B2017/3484Anchoring means, e.g. spreading-out umbrella-like structure
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/34Trocars; Puncturing needles
    • A61B2017/348Means for supporting the trocar against the body or retaining the trocar inside the body
    • A61B2017/3482Means for supporting the trocar against the body or retaining the trocar inside the body inside
    • A61B2017/3484Anchoring means, e.g. spreading-out umbrella-like structure
    • A61B2017/3486Balloon
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B2018/00053Mechanical features of the instrument of device
    • A61B2018/00273Anchoring means for temporary attachment of a device to tissue
    • A61B2018/00291Anchoring means for temporary attachment of a device to tissue using suction
EP06839809.8A 2006-11-09 2006-11-09 Diaphragm entry for posterior surgical access Withdrawn EP2086387A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
PCT/US2006/060749 WO2008057117A1 (en) 2006-11-09 2006-11-09 Diaphragm entry for posterior surgical access

Publications (2)

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EP2086387A1 EP2086387A1 (en) 2009-08-12
EP2086387A4 true EP2086387A4 (en) 2014-03-12

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EP06839809.8A Withdrawn EP2086387A4 (en) 2006-11-09 2006-11-09 Diaphragm entry for posterior surgical access

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EP (1) EP2086387A4 (en)
JP (1) JP5256206B2 (en)
WO (1) WO2008057117A1 (en)

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JP2010508959A (en) 2010-03-25

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