DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING THE ABDOMINAL WALL IN RELATION TO UNDERLYING ORGANS IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY

摘要

Device for supporting the abdominal wall in relation to underlying organs in order to maintain an operating space during minimally invasive surgery, with several tubular hollow bodies (2, 10) which can be filled via a tube conduit (6, 16) and which, in the circumferential direction, are interconnected to form a preferably conical toroidal form. The elongate hollow bodies (2, 10) each bear with their ends (4, 12) on respective tubular, thin-walled and collapsible hollow bodies (8, 14) which form a ring and can be filled via a tube conduit (6, 16), said hollow bodies (8, 14) extending along the two edges of the toroidal form. The diameters of the two annular hollow bodies (8, 14) can be equal or different. They thus form a cylindrical or frustoconical wall (18) that has a supporting function.