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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. 22, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard C Fortier, Concord, MA (US);
Assignee:
NeoSurg Technologies, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606185 ; 60416406 ;
Abstract
A trocar obturator having a removable replaceable tip includes an obturator tip having a sharpened distal end and a first engagement device on its proximal end; an obturator shaft having a second engagement device on its distal end for lockingly engaging the first engagement device and securing the tip and shaft together; one of the engagement devices borne by one of the tips and shafts includes a flexible member biased to engage the engagement devices; there are access means for flexing the flexible member against its bias to disengage the engagement devices to release the tip and shaft.