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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:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony A Nobles, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Arthur Lancaster, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Ben G Brosch, Jr, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606185 ; 600101 ;
Abstract
A trocar having an elongated shaft, and a puncturing head attached to a distal end of the shaft. The puncturing head can have three blades with sharpened cutting edges embedded in the puncturing head. An endoscope can be positioned in a bore of the shaft to collect light from the distal end of the shaft. A video monitor is connected to the endoscope for displaying an image of the path of advancement of the trocar.