Patent ID: 8082925

Claim:
A method of performing a laparoscopic hysterectomy treatment or other laparoscopic treatment on a patient, said method comprising: providing a transvaginal surgical device that comprises a tube having a diameter greater than 30 mm, and an annular edge which lies substantially in a plane non-normal to its tubular axis, and a sealing means capable of sealing the tube during surgery to maintain the pneumoperitoneum; introducing said device into a patient's vagina so that the annular edge defines a cervico-vaginal junction; separating the cervix from the vagina at said defined cervico-vaginal junction, wherein said separating of the cervix from the vagina is effected intra-abdominally and laparoscopically; and mobilising a surgical specimen resulting from said separating step into an end of the tube which is adjacent said annular edge.