A - Human Necessities – 61 – B
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
B
A61B 17/00 (2006.01) A61B 17/34 (2006.01) A61M 39/06 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2159012
An endoscopic portal (10) includes a portal sleeve (14) for insertion through a cavity wall and having an open distal end (16) for positioning within the cavity and an open proximal end (18) for positioning externally of the cavity and a valve assembly (12) disposed adjacent the portal sleeve proximal end (18). The valve assembly (12) includes a bladder (36) having a passage (38) therethrough permitting insertion of instruments of various sizes in the portal sleeve (14) through the passage (38) of the bladder. The bladder (36) has means therein for compressing the passage to cause the bladder to contact the instruments inserted through the passage in sealing relation. The portal sleeve (14) includes an expandable lumen (28) allowing instruments and objects larger in size than the inner diameter of the portal sleeve to be passed therethrough.
Macrae & Co.
Yoon Inbae
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