Patent ID: 6440061
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A surgical laparoscopic port adapter assembly for conducting a bile duct procedure, comprising:a laparoscopic port having an external end extending above an external surface of the abdominal wall and an abdominal end extending below an internal surface of the abdominal wall into an abdominal cavity, the laparoscopic port including an internal through bore extending between the external end and the abdominal end to provide a conduit into the abdominal cavity; an instrument guide received within the laparoscopic port internal through bore and having an instrument guide external end and an instrument guide abdominal end, the instrument guide external end extending above the external surface of the abdominal wall and the instrument guide abdominal end extending below the laparoscopic port abdominal end and into the bile duct, the instrument guide further including two or more through channels, each through channel conveying and deploying one of the plurality of instruments; and the instrument guide including a curved portion in the abdominal end of the instrument guide and an angled tip on the abdominal end of the instrument guide for ease of inserting the instrument guide into a choledochotomy in the bile duct.