Patents Assigned to General Electric Innovations, Inc.
  • Screw-type skin seal with inflatable membrane
    Patent number: 6238373
    Abstract: A skin seal or trocar stabilizer with an inflatable membrane disposed inside, whereby medical instruments may be passed through the skin seal into a endoscopic work space while the inflatable membrane is inflated, thereby allowing the use of normal short conventional open surgery instruments during endoscopic procedures and during insufflation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger A. de la Torre, George D. Hermann, Christopher Eric Thayer