US 12,029,448 B2
Gas seal pad
Mark J. Orphanos, Foxboro, MA (US); Michael Glennon, Norwell, MA (US); and Michael Barenboym, West Bridgewater, MA (US)
Assigned to Saphena Medical, Inc., West Bridgewater, MA (US)
Filed by Saphena Medical, Inc., West Bridgewater, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/485,508.
Application 17/668,454 is a division of application No. 16/225,049, filed on Dec. 19, 2018, granted, now 11,278,318, issued on Mar. 22, 2022.
Application 18/485,508 is a continuation of application No. 17/668,454, filed on Feb. 10, 2022, granted, now 11,826,073.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/610,662, filed on Dec. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0041494 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/34 (2006.01)
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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.