INSTRUMENT PORT FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY

INSTRUMENT PORT FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY

An instrument port for introducing instruments into a surgical site, including a port body having a channel running therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end, an instrument sleeve in slidable contact with the channel, creating a gap therebetween, and fluid flow for removing emboli efficiently...

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Hauptverfasser: HOPKINS, Jon, DURAND, Keith, TRAINA, Zach, VASILYEV, Nikolay, V, NAYFEH, Samir, DIBIASIO, Christopher, DEL NIDO, Pedro, J, SLOCUM, Alexander
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:
DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:An instrument port for introducing instruments into a surgical site, including a port body having a channel running therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end, an instrument sleeve in slidable contact with the channel, creating a gap therebetween, and fluid flow for removing emboli efficiently from the instrument port, wherein the fluid flow includes the gap is provided. A fluid flow system for use in an instrument port is provided. A method of removably securing an instrument sleeve to a port body by anchoring the instrument port to heart tissue, making at least one flood line in a channel, flushing out emboli, and performing surgery with the instrument port.