US 11,771,460 B2
Access port device
Frank Bonadio, County Wicklow (IE); Stephen Williams, County Dublin (IE); and Lucy Dolores Halpin, Dublin (IE)
Assigned to ATROPOS LIMITED, County Wicklow (IE)
Filed by ATROPOS LIMITED, County Wicklow (IE)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/182,608.
Application 18/182,608 is a continuation of application No. 17/517,847, filed on Nov. 3, 2021.
Application 17/517,847 is a continuation of application No. 15/755,950, granted, now 11,202,653, issued on Dec. 21, 2021, previously published as PCT/EP2016/070250, filed on Aug. 26, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/308,286, filed on Mar. 15, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/211,353, filed on Aug. 28, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0210556 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61M 13/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/3423 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 17/0293 (2013.01); A61B 17/3421 (2013.01); A61B 17/3462 (2013.01); A61M 13/003 (2013.01); A61B 17/3431 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2017/3445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3449 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3466 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
16. A method of providing access to a patient for robotic surgery using an instrument access system, the instrument access system including an access port having a proximal ring-shaped base, a distal ring, and a retracting sleeve extending between the base and the distal ring; and a proximal extension located proximal to the proximal base of the access port, the proximal extension including a cap located at a proximal end of the proximal extension; the method comprising:
positioning the access port in an opening in a body;
retracting the opening in the body with the retracting sleeve;
sealing the instrument access system to allow for an insufflated body cavity and proximal extension;
sealingly inserting a robot instrument into a robot-instrument-receiving main port located in the cap of the proximal extension;
sealingly inserting an auxiliary instrument into an auxiliary port located in the cap of the proximal extension; and
rotating an auxiliary port about the robot-instrument-receiving main port, the auxiliary port being smaller than the main port, the main port being stationary when the auxiliary port rotates.