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Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2024
Applicant:

Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;

Inventors:

Thorsten Juergens, Hamburg, DE;

Andreas Noe, Hamburg, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00991 (2013.01);
Abstract

A trocar for use with a surgical instrument. The trocar including; a proximal trocar head; a trocar shaft arranged on the trocar head, the trocar shaft is configured to receive an elongated shaft of the surgical instrument, and a positioning device provided on the proximal trocar head and being movable between retracted and extracted states relative to the trocar head, the positioning device being configured to position a distal end of the elongated shaft of the surgical instrument outside the trocar head in the extracted position.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Juergens, Thorsten. (2026). Trocar for a surgical instrument (U.S. Patent No. 12697136). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12697136

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