Abstract: A system is provided for the control of soft tissues, the system having a negative pressure supply; a negative pressure applicator, coupled to the negative pressure supply and configured to apply a negative pressure to the soft tissue, atraumatically and releasably securing the soft tissue to the negative pressure applicator; and the rigid negative pressure supply being configured to be disposed in an access port without inhibiting the insertion and manipulation of an surgical instrument.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 22, 2012
Publication date:
December 27, 2012
Applicant:
SPIRAL-E SOLUTIONS, LLC
Inventors:
Alison M. Stace-Naughton, Brenna M. Gibbons, Scott A. Snyder, Ihab Basri