Inverse bellow prosthesis insertion device
View Patent ↗An apparatus and method for inserting prosthesis implants into a patient pocket. The apparatus has three openings including a prosthesis opening, a larger proximal opening, and a small distal opening. The apparatus prevents infection; eases insertion and placement; and reduces complications. In use, the inverse bellow is placed through the patient incision while allowing the bellow to be manipulated to force the prosthesis into a surgical pocket of a patient.
1. An apparatus for inserting a prosthesis through an incision into a surgical pocket, comprising:
a. a prosthesis;
b. a bellows comprising a bellows prosthesis opening, a proximal opening and a distal opening, the distal opening being smaller than the proximal opening and sized to prevent the smallest prosthesis from exiting, the bellows prosthesis opening positioned midway between the proximal opening and the distal opening and surrounded by tabs, the bellows being semi-rigid and structured and arranged to receive the prosthesis through the bellows prosthesis opening, the bellows assembled with seal folds;
c. a retractor device, the retractor device having a proximal end that is adjacent to the bellows proximal opening and structured and arranged to engage an edge of a surgical pocket opening, the proximal end being fixed relative to the proximal end of the bellows.