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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2013
Arkis Biosciences Inc., Knoxville, TN (US);
Chad Seaver, Knoxville, TN (US);
James Alexander Killeffer, Knoxville, TN (US);
Chris Arnott, Knoxville, TN (US);
Arkis Biosciences Inc., Knoxville, TN (US);
Abstract
A medical device insertion system, and a method of using the system, to mate trocars inside a patient during a medical procedure, the system including a first trocar having a first end to insert into a patient, and a second end at which a first user control is provided, and a second trocar having a first end to insert into a patient, and a second end at which a second user control is provided, wherein the respective first ends of the first and second trocars are formed so as to mate to one another inside the patient to form a continuous path between the respective second ends.