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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1999
Ivo Brosens, Heverlee, BE;
Stefan Gordts, Kessel-Lo, BE;
Rudi Campo, Rotselaar, BE;
Richard P Muller, Bronx, NY (US);
Frank D'Amelio, Boelton, CA (US);
Raymond Ainger, III, Bethel, CT (US);
Gregory S Konstorum, Stamford, CT (US);
Michael H Redler, Ansonia, CT (US);
Circon Corporation, Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
A medical instrument comprising a Veress needle, a dilating obturator, and a cannula. The Veress needle has a tubular safety obturator with an opening in its front section at a needle tip of the Veress needle. A guide with a guide slot can be positioned in a patient's vagina against the posterior fornix of the vagina to guide the Veress needle through the vaginal and peritoneal walls. A guide wire may be passed through the Veress needle and through the hole in the peritoneum wall formed by the Veress needle to guide the dilating obturator through the hole.