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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2004
Timothy R. Ronald, Clarence, NY (US);
Timothy R. Ronald, Clarence, NY (US);
Ronald Medical Ltd., Clarence, NY (US);
Abstract
A surgical system comprising a cannula for an elongate surgical tool that enables a physician to operate on a surgical site within a body from outside the body is described. The cannula supports a pin that is locked and unlocked from a J-shaped channel provided in the sidewall of a sheath for a surgical tool. The sheath prevents the surgical tool, such as a scalpel, from cutting the cannula as it is moved there through to the surgical site. The surgical tool, in turn, is provided with a second J-shaped channel that engages with a pin supported by the sheath for locking and unlocking the tool there from to enable a physician to perform the surgical procedure. One surgical tool is interchangeable with another for performing different tasks at the surgical site during the procedure.