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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2020
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventor:
William J. Dickhans, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3431 (2013.01); A61B 10/0233 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cannula for use in a surgical procedure includes a tubular shaft and a tether coupled to a distal end portion of the tubular shaft. The distal end portion of the tubular shaft is configured to turn inside out in response to a threshold proximally-oriented force applied to the tether. Sections of the distal end portion may break apart or separate from one another about a groove formed in the tubular shaft.