Multi-components device, system and method for assisting minimally invasive procedures

摘要

An elastic connector (ES) having at least two ends, each of which includes attachment means for reversibly attaching said ES to at least two components; wherein said ES is characterized by a predetermined default configuration: and, a queue-like configuration in which said ES is adapted to provide simultaneous queue-like insertion or extraction of said at least two components through a tube or endoscope's working channel or a trocar into or from a body cavity; said ES is adapted to be reversibly transformed from said predetermined default configuration to said queue-like configuration and from said queue-like configuration to said predetermined default configuration.

主权项

1. A retraction system comprising:
an introducer comprising a tubular member and a distal engaging member disposed in said tubular member and operatively connected to a trigger; a plurality of clips having a stored orientation and a deployed orientation; and an elastic connector connected to said clips, wherein said elastic connector connects longitudinal ends of adjacent clips to each other; wherein in the stored orientation said clips are disposed in said tubular member and are positioned coaxially one after another along a longitudinal axis of said tubular member, each of said clips comprising grasping portions operative to grasp tissue, each of said grasping portions being engageable and movable by said distal engaging member upon suitable actuation of said trigger which causes engagement of said grasping portions with said distal engaging member and which moves said distal engaging member to actuate each of said grasping portions; and wherein in the deployed orientation said elastic connector is flexed about a flexure zone so that said clips are not coaxial with each other.