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Patent US6623426 - Laparoscopic sealed access device - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA hand access device for use as a seal for sealing a surgeon's forearm on entry through a wound opening, for example, in an abdominal wall contains a substantially tubular sleeve of pliable gas tight material. The tube is turned axially back on itself to define an outer sleeve section and an inner sleeve...http://www.google.com/patents/US6623426?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6623426 - Laparoscopic sealed access deviceAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS6623426 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 09/804,418Publication dateSep 23, 2003Filing dateMar 13, 2001Priority dateDec 1, 1998Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2351708A1, CN1191790C, CN1329473A, DE69915868D1, DE69915868T2, DE69920744D1, DE69920744T2, DE69937466D1, DE69937466T2, EP1135070A1, EP1135070B1, EP1135072A1, EP1135072B1, EP1498078A1, EP1498078B1, US6578577, US20010047188, US20020072762, US20040092795, US20040249248, WO2000032117A1, WO2000032120A1Publication number09804418, 804418, US 6623426 B2, US 6623426B2, US-B2-6623426, US6623426 B2, US6623426B2InventorsFrank Bonadio, Ronan Bernard McManus, Derek William Young, Alan ReidOriginal AssigneeAtropos LimitedExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (85), Non-Patent Citations (6), Referenced by (187), Classifications (40), Legal Events (4) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetLaparoscopic sealed access device
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anchor for use in surgical procedures* Cited by examinerClassifications U.S. Classification600/207, 604/513, 604/539, 606/108, 600/206, 600/208International ClassificationA61B1/00, A61B17/34, A61B17/02, A61F2/06, A61M29/02, A61B17/00, A61M25/01, A61B17/22, A61F2/84, A61M29/00, A61M39/00, A61B1/313, A61B1/32, A61M25/04, A61B1/012, A61B1/01, A61B19/00Cooperative ClassificationA61M25/0119, A61B2017/3482, A61B2017/00557, A61M2025/0062, A61B2017/22051, A61B2017/00477, A61B17/3423, A61M29/02, A61B17/3431, A61B2017/3435, A61M2025/109, A61B17/3462, A61B17/3498, A61B17/0293European ClassificationA61B17/34G4A, A61M25/01C5, A61B17/34HLegal EventsDateCodeEventDescriptionMar 13, 2001ASAssignmentOwner name: ATROPOS LIMITED, IRELANDFree format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:BONADIO, FRANK;MCMANUS, RONAN BERNARD;YOUNG, DEREK WILLIAM;AND OTHERS;REEL/FRAME:011602/0870;SIGNING DATES FROM 20010306 TO 20010307Mar 23, 2007FPAYFee paymentYear of fee payment: 4Mar 23, 2011FPAYFee paymentYear 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