CPC A61B 17/3462 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 17/3439 (2013.01); A61B 17/3474 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3419 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3441 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3492 (2013.01); A61B 17/3498 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
identifying a surgical site having an incision;
placing a flexible body against the surgical site such that the flexible body engages the surgical site across an entire bottom surface of the flexible body to form a gas seal between the bottom surface of the flexible body and the surgical site; and
inserting a surgical instrument through a port, disposed through the flexible body, into the incision at the surgical site while maintaining a gas-sealed engagement with the surgical instrument.
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