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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2003
Applicant:
Peter T. O'heeron, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Peter T. O'Heeron, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
NeoSurg Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B001/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An obturator tip for a trocar is disclosed. The obturator comprises a shaft having a distal or penetration end for insertion into a patient and a handling or proximal end for gripping by a surgeon. The penetration end of the shaft comprises a tip having an upper flat face and a lower flat face which taper away from the shaft toward the distal end. The tip further comprises flat side faces which also taper or slope from the shaft toward the distal end. A glide tip has a rounded end and extends outwardly along the side faces.