Patent ID: 8870759

Claim:
A suspension system for supporting surgical devices inside a patient's body cavity comprising: an external frame; a plurality of elongated members extending from the external frame and into the body cavity; an internal platform located inside the body cavity, the internal platform including a plurality of links reconfigurable from a first elongated position wherein the links are substantially aligned along a longitudinal axis for insertion to a second position wherein the links define an acute angle with respect to one another to form a non-linear configuration, the links defining a plane in the second position; wherein the links form a substantially triangular configuration in the second position and a distal end of each one of the elongated members is positioned adjacent a respective vertex of the triangular configuration; and a coupling member rotatably coupling one of the plurality of elongated members to the external frame, wherein rotation of the coupling member transitions the internal platform from a first planar orientation to a second planar orientation relative to the external frame.