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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1992
Andre P Decarie, Royersford, PA (US);
David L Brown, Wallingford, CT (US);
Stanley J Malinowski, Guilford, CT (US);
Douglas M Dunklee, Bridgeport, CT (US);
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An endoscopic or laparoscopic instrumentation kit including at least one obturator and at least two sleeves forming a trocar assembly. The kit may also include a catheter, an endoscopic surgical instrument, tissue-gripping sleeve members and attachment devices for the trocar sleeves. The kit is packaged in a vacuum-formed enclosure having raised walls which correspond in size and shape to the instruments packaged therein for retaining and displaying the instruments. A method for utilizing the kit of the present invention is also disclosed.