Patent ID: 9707010
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M

Claim:
1. An insufflation device for use in laparoscopy, comprising: a tube having an interior and an exterior; a heating element positioned within the interior of said tube; and a humidifying material positioned in a surrounding area of said heating element, wherein the interior of the tube has an inner tube through which an insufflation gas is introduced into the inner tube wherein the inner tube is gas-permeable and wherein the inner tube comprises a multiplicity of openings on at least one outer surface of the inner tube such that the insufflation gas flows out in a radial direction and wherein the inner tube is wrapped with the humidifying material and the heating element; wherein total tube length is 1-4 m, and wherein the heating element and the humidifying material occupy at least 40 cm in length of the tube and at least 15% of the total tube length.