Patent ID: 8251889
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of intra-abdominally moving a first internal organ to a position away from a second internal organ and then holding the first internal organ at the position without manual input, the method comprising: providing a first cord segment having a flexible length with opposite ends and a second cord segment having a flexible length with opposite ends; inserting the first and second cord segments through an abdominal wall and into an abdominal cavity containing the first and second internal organs; connecting one end of the first cord segment to tissue adjacent the first internal organ and on an opposite side of the first internal organ from the abdominal wall and connecting the other end of the first cord segment to the abdominal wall with the length of the first cord segment engaging across and moving the first internal organ toward the position away from the second internal organ; connecting one end of the second cord segment to tissue adjacent the first internal organ and on an opposite side of the first internal organ from the abdominal wall and connecting the other end of the second cord segment to the abdominal wall with the length of the second cord segment engaging across and moving the first internal organ toward the position away from the second internal organ; whereby the first and second cord segments engaging across the first internal organ hold the first internal organ at the position away from the second internal organ without manual input.