Jonathan Brigham Hopkins;Nikolay V. Vasilyev;Alexander Slocum;Zach Traina;Samir Nayfeh;Christopher DiBiasio;Keith Durand;Pedro J. Del Nido
发明人:
Christopher DiBiasio,Keith Durand,Jonathan Brigham Hopkins,Zach Traina,Alexander Slocum,Samir Nayfeh,Pedro J. Del Nido,Nikolay V. Vasilyev
申请号:
US12159784
公开号:
US08394015B2
申请日:
2007.01.05
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
An instrument port for introducing instruments into a surgical site, including a port body having a channel running therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end, an instrument sleeve in slidable contact with the channel, creating a gap therebetween, and fluid flow for removing emboli efficiently from the instrument port, wherein the fluid flow includes the gap is provided. A fluid flow system for use in an instrument port is provided. A method of removably securing an instrument sleeve to a port body by anchoring the instrument port to heart tissue, making at least one flood line in a channel, flushing out emboli, and performing surgery with the instrument port.