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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2017
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:
Primary Examiner:
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.