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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2017
Carefusion 2200, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Joanna L. Rosenbaum, Evanston, IL (US);
Jeanny Chung, Deerfield, IL (US);
Patrick Hubbard, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Joseph Prybell, Mundelein, IL (US);
Corrie Threlkeld, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Sara Tillman, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Brandon Toth, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Andrew P. VanDeWeghe, Grayslake, IL (US);
Thomas Wilschke, Chicago, IL (US);
Jesse Charles Darley, Madison, WI (US);
Christopher Alan Harris, Madison, WI (US);
Curtis B. Irwin, Madison, WI (US);
Stephen A. Latham, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Daniel J. Lee, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Douglas Rodenkirch, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Jeffrey R. Staszak, Deerfield, WI (US);
Carefusion 2200, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a trocar assembly with an integrated scope-cleaning structure. The trocar assembly may include a chamber with a proximal opening configured to receive a distal end of a scope. A cannula extend distally from the chamber and may be configured to extend distally into a patient body. The cannula may be further configured to receive the distal end of the scope such that the scope can be maneuvered through the cannula to a location within the patient body. The trocar assembly may include a cleaning element forming a surface within the chamber, where the surface of the cleaning element is configured to remove debris from at least one non-longitudinal, end-facing surface of the scope.