US 12,274,470 B2
Removable, adjustable-length, snap-in portal saver, decoupled from dermal fixation
Benjamin Willard, Clearwater, FL (US); and Eric Subkjaer, Gulfport, FL (US)
Assigned to Conmed Corporation, Largo, FL (US)
Appl. No. 17/278,061
Filed by Conmed Corporation, Largo, FL (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 3, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/054520
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/072786, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/741,806, filed on Oct. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/740,992, filed on Oct. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0369302 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/3423 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00955 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00991 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3443 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3492 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portal saver device, comprising:
a tubular body having a flattened section between two rounded sections having a first proximal end and a second distal end, respectively, and a rigid proximal end with threads, wherein the flattened section is closer to the first proximal end than the second distal end;
a proximal adjustment body having an inner bore with threads;
wherein the threads on the rigid proximal end of the tubular body are configured to mate with the threads on the inner bore of the proximal adjustment body;
wherein in a first configuration, the flattened section is a first distance from proximal adjustment body;
wherein in a second configuration, the flattened section is a second distance from the proximal adjustment body.