Patent ID: 9668723
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M

Claim:
1. A laparoscopic system configured for engagement with an aperture provided in an abdominal wall, the system comprising: an expandable housing defining a lumen for receipt and delivery of a trocar into an abdominal cavity, the housing comprising an outer resting portion which in use is configured to rest against an outer surface of the abdominal wall, the outer resting portion comprising a first part and a second part which are moveable relative to each other, the outer resting portion being arranged to extend circumferentially about the lumen to define a path which defines an entry port through which the trocar can be presented into the lumen to pass into the abdominal cavity; a first needle guide channel and a second needle guide channel defined within an abdominal wall engaging portion of the housing, the first needle guide channel and the second needle guide channel being provided on opposite sides of the lumen respectively and each needle guide channel having an entry port located proximal the outer resting portion and dimensioned to operably receive a needle driver and an exit port, located above a distal end portion of the abdominal wall engaging portion and through which the needle driver operably exits the needle guide channel and enters directly into the abdominal wall, the needle guide channels operably allowing the delivery of suture or an anchor through the housing and directly into the abdominal wall, wherein the needle guide channels and lumen are separate and distinct such that suture does not operably pass through the lumen on delivery through the system; and wherein an expansion of the housing by relative movement of the first part and the second part varies a length of the path to operably accommodates trocar of different dimensions while maintaining the first needle guide channel and the second needle guide channel substantially opposite to one another irrespective of the length of the path.