US 12,102,311 B2
Organ retraction device
Miria Suzuki, Kanagawa (JP); Katsumi Morimoto, Kanagawa (JP); and Yoshihito Machida, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/737,192.
Application 17/737,192 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/025581, filed on Jun. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-200945 (JP), filed on Nov. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257229 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0218 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0281 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0225 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An organ retraction device comprising:
a surgical instrument; and
an expandable body operable for expansion by connection of the surgical instrument thereto, wherein
the expandable body includes:
a first expandable section configured to be expandable to a first predetermined size and shape in a first stage to move an organ in an abdominal cavity, and
a second expandable section configured to be expandable to a second predetermined size and shape in a second stage to fix the organ,
wherein the surgical instrument includes a pair of forceps having a grasp portion, and delivers a fluid with the grasp portion connected to the expandable body so that the first expandable section and the second expandable section are expanded in the abdominal cavity, and
wherein the grasp portion is configured to be capable of grasping when the surgical instrument is detached from the expandable body.