Abstract: An organ retention device and system, and use of the same for laparoscopic surgery is provided. The organ retention device includes a biologically compatible flexible barrier configured to restrain one or more organs. First and second anchor strings extend from first and second connection regions of the flexible barrier respectively and have a first and a second loop distal from the flexible barrier. At least one expansion element is configured to expand the flexible barrier generally perpendicularly to an axis between the first connection region and the second connection region when the first loop and the second loop are held apart in tension. A retraction device is also provided having a sharp distal end configured to enter an abdominal cavity by puncturing the abdominal wall, and a hook proximate to the sharp distal end configured to catch and retract one of the loops.

Abstract: An organ retention device and system, and use of the same for laparoscopic surgery is provided. The organ retention device includes a biologically compatible flexible barrier configured to restrain one or more organs. First and second anchor strings extend from first and second connection regions of the flexible barrier respectively and have a first and a second loop distal from the flexible barrier. At least one expansion element is configured to expand the flexible barrier generally perpendicularly to an axis between the first connection region and the second connection region when the first loop and the second loop are held apart in tension. A retraction device is also provided having a sharp distal end configured to enter an abdominal cavity by puncturing the abdominal wall, and a hook proximate to the sharp distal end configured to catch and retract one of the loops.

Abstract: This group of inventions provides means and methods for preventing the damaging portions of surgical tools, such as laparoscopic devices, from adversely contacting tissues and organs that are not in the desired field of surgery. As such, the present disclosure pertains to any form of a warning or positioning device or methods, including those that are facilitated via software that are adapted and arranged for use in tracking portions of surgical instruments during laparoscopic surgery or other medical procedures. Such systems include those that are adapted and arranged to provide a warning to the surgeon or other medical personnel regarding the positional status of an instrument, and those that are adapted and arranged for disabling or attenuating the portions of those instruments that might be dangerous to a patient when a dangerous portion of the instrument is near or outside the desired, or denominated, field of surgery.

Abstract: This group of inventions provides means and methods for preventing the damaging portions of surgical tools, such as laparoscopic devices, from adversely contacting tissues and organs that are not in the desired field of surgery. As such, the present disclosure pertains to any form of a warning or positioning device or methods, including those that are facilitated via software that are adapted and arranged for use in tracking portions of surgical instruments during laparoscopic surgery or other medical procedures. Such systems include those that are adapted and arranged to provide a warning to the surgeon or other medical personnel regarding the positional status of an instrument, and those that are adapted and arranged for disabling or attenuating the portions of those instruments that might be dangerous to a patient when a dangerous portion of the instrument is near or outside the desired, or denominated, field of surgery.

Abstract: This group of inventions provides means and methods for preventing the damaging portions of surgical tools, such as laparoscopic devices, from adversely contacting tissues and organs that are not in the desired field of surgery. As such, the present disclosure pertains to any form of a warning or positioning device or methods, including those that are facilitated via software that are adapted and arranged for use in tracking portions of surgical instruments during laparoscopic surgery or other medical procedures. Such systems include those that are adapted and arranged to provide a warning to the surgeon or other medical personnel regarding the positional status of an instrument, and those that are adapted and arranged for disabling or attenuating the portions of those instruments that might be dangerous to a patient when a dangerous portion of the instrument is near or outside the desired, or denominated, field of surgery.

Abstract: This group of inventions provides means and methods for preventing the damaging portions of surgical tools, such as laparoscopic devices, from adversely contacting tissues and organs that are not in the desired field of surgery. As such, the present disclosure pertains to any form of a warning or positioning device or methods, including those that are facilitated via software that are adapted and arranged for use in tracking portions of surgical instruments during laparoscopic surgery or other medical procedures. Such systems include those that are adapted and arranged to provide a warning to the surgeon or other medical personnel regarding the positional status of an instrument, and those that are adapted and arranged for disabling or attenuating the portions of those instruments that might be dangerous to a patient when a dangerous portion of the instrument is near or outside the desired, or denominated, field of surgery.