Patent ID: 8225798

Claim:
A method for performing a form of minimally invasive surgery, referred to as “scarless microport augmented restoration of triangulation surgery” (SMART surgery), in a body cavity within a living body, where the body cavity is separated from a space outside of the body by a body wall, the method comprising: a) providing a first device comprising a first part and a second part; b) making two or more than two openings into the body wall, where the two or more than two openings comprise a first opening and a second opening; where the first opening has a maximum transverse dimension that permits introduction of the first part of the first device from the space outside of the body through the first opening and into the body cavity, where the first part of the first device has a maximum external transverse dimension greater than 3 mm; where the second opening has a maximum transverse dimension between 0.1 mm and 3 mm and permits introduction of a second part of the first device from the space outside of the body through the second opening and into the body cavity, where the second part of the first device has a maximum external transverse dimension of between 0.1 mm and 3 mm; c) introducing the second part of the first device from the space outside of the body through the second opening into the body cavity; d) passing the second part of the first device from inside of the body cavity through the first opening into the space outside of the body; e) coupling the first part of the first device to the second part of the first device in the space outside of the body to make an assembled first device; f) passing the first part of the first device coupled to the second part of the first device back into the body cavity through the first opening; and g) using the first device to perform a procedure within the body cavity.