Multifunctional devices for endoscopic surgical procedures.

A MULTIFUNCTIONAL DEVICE (16) FOR USE IN AN ENDOSCOPICALLY PERFORMED OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE OF THE TYPE IN WHICH A SMALL ENTRY IS ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE SKIN TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO AN OPERATING POINT AND THE MULTIFUNCTIONAL OPTIONAL DEVICE IS INTRODUCED (16) THROUGH THE SMALL ENTRY. THE MULTIFUNCTIONAL DEVICE IS FORMED BY AN ABSORBENT MATERIAL (18), PREFERIBLY EXPANSIBLE, THAT HAS A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID DRY STATE BEFORE INTRODUCTION TO THE OPERATING POINT AND A FLEXIBLE HUMID STATE AFTER THE ABSTRACT. THE ABSORBENT MATERIAL CAN BE FORMED WITH A SPINE (20) IN THE SAME WITH A WELL CONTINUED STRUCTURE WELL DISCONTINUOUS AND THE SPINE CAN BE RAMIFIED AND TUBULAR OR SOLID. THE ABSORBENT MATERIAL MAY HAVE PARTS OR SEGMENTS OF THE SAME EXPANSIONABLE UNTIL REACHING DIFFERENT SIZES TO PRODUCE ROUNDED PROTUBERANCES IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE HANDLING IN THE OPERATING POINT AND MAY HAVE CONFIRMED CONFIGURATIONS.