Neel M Patel

US Patent:

20140316455, Oct 23, 2014

Filed:

Mar 14, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/213103

Inventors:

Swaminadhan GNANASHANMUGAM - San Francisco CA, US
Peter Franklin CAMPBELL - Newark CA, US
Neel B. PATEL - Chicago IL, US

International Classification:

A61B 19/00
A61B 17/135
A61B 19/04
A61B 19/02

US Classification:

606202, 606 1, 128897

Abstract:

A method for performing a surgical or medical procedure on a portion of a patient's body within a surgical environment enclosure may involve preparing the surgical environment enclosure for performing the procedure, advancing the portion of the patient's body into the surgical environment enclosure through a first port on the enclosure, and performing the surgical or medical procedure on the portion of the patient's body inside the surgical environment enclosure, through at least a second port on the enclosure. The first port forms a seal around a surface of the patient's body upon or after insertion. In some embodiments, neither the entire body of the patient nor an entire body of any medical or surgical personnel fully enters the surgical environment enclosure during performance of the surgical or medical procedure.