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Kenneth H. Mollenauer0
Michelle Y. Monfort0
Date of Patent
July 12, 2005
0Patent Application Number
104391070
Date Filed
May 15, 2003
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A skin seal or trocar stabilizer with an inflatable balloon in the shape of a dumbbell, where the balloon may be stored within a cannula for easy placement in an incision and inflated to deploy the balloon inside the body, and a portion of the balloon expands inside the cannula, whereby medical instruments may be passed through the skin seal into a laparoscopic workspace while the balloon is inflated, thereby allowing the use of normal short surgical instruments during laparoscopic procedures and during insufflation.
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