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Patent No.:

US 10524830 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2017

Surgical tunneler

Applicant:

Tc1 Llc, St. Paul, MN (US);

Inventors:

Pieter W. C. J. le Blanc, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);

John Nguyen, San Ramon, CA (US);

Keith Kearsley, Burlington, MA (US);

Julien Duhamel, Billerica, MA (US);

Assignee:

TC1 LLC, St. Paul, MN (US);

Attorney:

Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

Primary Examiner:

Katherine H Schwiker

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61M 1/12 (2006.01); A61M 1/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3415 (2013.01); A61B 17/32 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61M 1/1086 (2013.01); A61M 1/122 (2014.02); A61N 1/372 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00469 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320056 (2013.01);
Abstract

A surgical tunneler assembly is used to pass a cable or other elongate member through the skin. A surgical tunneler may include a lance including a first segment, a second end segment, and a connector on each one of the first end segment and the second end segment. A cable adapter includes a lance connection portion and a cable connection portion. The lance connection portion engages and disengages the connectors. The cable connection portion engages and disengages a cable. A handle engages and disengages the lance.

Find Patent Forward Citations

le Blanc, Pieter W. C. J.. (2020). Surgical tunneler (U.S. Patent No. 10524830). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10524830

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