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Safety trocar
Assignee: United States Surgical Corp
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Filing: 1990-10-05
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Granted: 1992-05-26
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Expires: 2010-10-05
Abstract
Abstract A safety trocar is provided in which the cutting tip is withdrawn into the cannula in response to counterforce being removed from the cutting tip, e.g., by the tip entering a body cavity. The cutting tip is maintained in the exposed positioned by a mechanism associated with the oburator shaft, and is automatically withdrawn into the cannula under the force of a spring when the first mechanism is released by a second mechanism associated with the oburator. Penetration force is maintained at a minimum and safe and efficacious trocar entry is facilitated.
Inventors
- 👤 David T. Green
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 19:55
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/34; A61B17/3494; A61B17/3496; A61B90/00; A61B90/08; A61B2090/0801; A61B2090/08021
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
125 words
A trocar comprising: (a) A cannula assembly comprising a cannula and a cannula housing defining an internal cannula passage; (b) a trocar assembly adapted to cooperate with said cannula assembly, said trocar assembly comprising a sharp trocar tip, an obturator shaft, and a trocar housing, said trocar tip and at least a portion of said obturator shaft being configured and dimensioned for entry into said internal cannula passage; (c) releasable obturator means associated with the obturator shaft which releasably maintains the trocar tip in an extended position relative to said cannula; (d) means for releasing the releasable obturator means; and (e) biasing means for retracting the trocar tip from said extended position to a retracted position in response to release of the releasable obturator means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
125 words
A trocar comprising: (a) A cannula assembly comprising a cannula and a cannula housing defining an internal cannula passage; (b) a trocar assembly adapted to cooperate with said cannula assembly, said trocar assembly comprising a sharp trocar tip, an obturator shaft, and a trocar housing, said trocar tip and at least a portion of said obturator shaft being configured and dimensioned for entry into said internal cannula passage; (c) releasable obturator means associated with the obturator shaft which releasably maintains the trocar tip in an extended position relative to said cannula; (d) means for releasing the releasable obturator means; and (e) biasing means for retracting the trocar tip from said extended position to a retracted position in response to release of the releasable obturator means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
The trocar of claim 1, wherein said cannula is lanced or notched to form an internal shelf and said internal shelf is adapted to cooperate with said releasable obturator means to maintain said trocar tip in said first extended position.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The trocar of claim 1, wherein said releasable obturator means comprises a latch and a spring biasing said latch radially outward.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The trocar of claim 1, wherein said means for releasing the obturator means comprises a pawl.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The trocar of claim 4, wherein said trocar tip is mounted to an extension member, said extension member is reciprocally mounted to said obturator shaft, and said pawl is mounted to said extension member.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The trocar of claim 1, wherein said trocar assembly further comprises an extension member and said trocar tip is mounted to said extension member.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The trocar of claim 6, wherein said extension member is reciprocally mounted to said obturator shaft and is spring-biased away from said obturator shaft.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
50 words
The trocar of claim 7, wherein said releasable obturator means maintains said trocar tip in a first extended position in which said extension member is in a spaced relation with respect to said obturator shaft and a second extended position in which said extension member is proximate said obturator shaft.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
The trocar of claim 8, wherein said extension member assumes said second extended position in response to a counterforce being applied to said trocar tip.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
The trocar of claim 8, wherein said means for releasing said releasable obturator means effects said release from said second extended position.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
40 words
The trocar of claim 10, wherein said means for releasing said releasable obturator means comprises a pawl and said pawl releases said releasable obturator means when said extension member moves away from said proximate position relative to said obturator shaft.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
The trocar of claim 1, wherein said trocar assembly further comprises an indicator means which signals the position of said trocar tip.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
38 words
The trocar of claim 1, wherein said means for releasing the releasable obturator means and said biasing means automatically retract said trocar tip to said retracted position in response to removal of a counterforce from said trocar tip.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
The trocar of claim 1, further comprising means for manually effecting retraction of said trocar tip from said extended position to said retracted position.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
143 words
A trocar comprising: (a) a cannula assembly comprising a cannula and a cannula housing defining an internal cannula passage; (b) a trocar assembly adapted to cooperate with said cannula assembly, said trocar assembly comprising a sharp trocar tip, an obturator shaft, an outer trocar housing and an inner trocar housing, said inner trocar housing and outer trocar housing being reciprocally mounted to each other, and said trocar tip and at least a portion of said obturator shaft being configured and dimensioned for entry into said internal cannula passage; (c) releasable obturator means associated with the obturator shaft which releasably maintains the trocar tip in a first extended position relative to said cannula; (d) means for releasing the releasable obturator means; and (e) biasing means for retracting the trocar tip to a second retracted position in response to release of the releasable obturator means.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
143 words
A trocar comprising: (a) a cannula assembly comprising a cannula and a cannula housing defining an internal cannula passage; (b) a trocar assembly adapted to cooperate with said cannula assembly, said trocar assembly comprising a sharp trocar tip, an obturator shaft, an outer trocar housing and an inner trocar housing, said inner trocar housing and outer trocar housing being reciprocally mounted to each other, and said trocar tip and at least a portion of said obturator shaft being configured and dimensioned for entry into said internal cannula passage; (c) releasable obturator means associated with the obturator shaft which releasably maintains the trocar tip in a first extended position relative to said cannula; (d) means for releasing the releasable obturator means; and (e) biasing means for retracting the trocar tip to a second retracted position in response to release of the releasable obturator means.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
44 words
The trocar of claim 15, wherein said inner trocar housing and outer trocar tip housing are in relation when said trocar is in said retracted position, and wherein approximation of said inner and outer trocar housings moves said trocar tip into said extended position.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
24 words
The trocar of claim 15, further comprising means for manually effecting retraction of said trocar tip from said extended position to said retracted position.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
106 words
A method for inserting a trocar, comprising: (a) advancing an obturator and a trocar tip to expose said trocar tip from a cannula, said trocar tip being maintained in said exposed position by means associated with said obturator; (b) pressing said trocar tip against a body wall, said body wall thereby exerting a counterforce against said trocar tip; (c) entering said trocar tip into a body cavity, thereby removing said counterforce form said trocar tip and actuating release means associated with said obturator shaft to release said maintaining means, whereby said trocar tip is automatically withdrawn into said cannula under the action of a biasing means.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
106 words
A method for inserting a trocar, comprising: (a) advancing an obturator and a trocar tip to expose said trocar tip from a cannula, said trocar tip being maintained in said exposed position by means associated with said obturator; (b) pressing said trocar tip against a body wall, said body wall thereby exerting a counterforce against said trocar tip; (c) entering said trocar tip into a body cavity, thereby removing said counterforce form said trocar tip and actuating release means associated with said obturator shaft to release said maintaining means, whereby said trocar tip is automatically withdrawn into said cannula under the action of a biasing means.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 18, wherein said maintaining means comprises a latch adapted to cooperate with a shelf lanced or notched into said cannula.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 18, wherein said release means comprises a pawl adapted to contact and release said maintaining means.
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