Patent ID: 8292851
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An anchor guide for a trocar for use in laparoscopic surgery, the guide comprising a tubular body with a member for its anchorage to an access hole for entering a body cavity, wherein the tubular body is formed by a plurality of substantially circular sectors, said sectors being rigid along a circumferential direction of the tubular body and moveable radially toward and away from a longitudinal axis of the body between a first position, where they flank one another according to a substantially circular first arrangement of diameter generally equal to that of the tubular body, and a second position, at which they are generally equidistant from one another according to a substantially circular second arrangement of greater diameter than that of the first circular arrangement, the plurality of sectors being rotatably connected to a support element and a manual operation member, moveably connected to the support element, being further provided for moving the sectors from the first to the second position and vice versa.