Patent ID: 6706050
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
Apparatus for laparoscopic-endoscopic surgery arranged to accommodate a plurality of different surgical instruments and to penetrate the abdominal wall through a single hole, the apparatus including a piercing laparoscopic cylinder (1), equipped at its external orifice with a multi-instrument base (11, 12, 13) provided with a plurality of holes (14, 15) for receiving said surgical instruments, characterized in that the piercing laparoscopic cylinder is transversely extendible, the multi-instrument base (12, 12, 13) is elongate and comprises longitudinal ducts registering with said holes (14, 15) and in that the apparatus further comprises a reducer (2) capable of introduction into the piercing laparoscopic cylinder and a number of dividers (3) of variable form and size adapted to be detachably introduced and fitted into the reducer.