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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis R Sleister, East Greenwich, RI (US);
John G Mathews, Providence, RI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606182 ; 604157 ; 128751 ;
Abstract
An incising trocar and cannula instrument for incising the walls of a body cavity to facilitate inserting the cannula through the wall into the cavity including a trigger operated incising blade and means for driving the blade through body tissue; and, a cannula having a sealing assembly for sealing the instrument during the incising procedure and thereafter when the trocar is removed.
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