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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2008
Johann Maliglowka, Kolbingen, DE;
Rupert Mayenberger, Rielasingen, DE;
Tom Schweitzer, Tuttlingen, DE;
Johann Maliglowka, Kolbingen, DE;
Rupert Mayenberger, Rielasingen, DE;
Tom Schweitzer, Tuttlingen, DE;
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
To enable puncture of a body wall with a greater degree of sensitivity with a surgical obturator for puncturing the body wall having a knife, the cutting edge of which extends outwards from a tip of the obturator in the direction of various sides and backwards in relation to the tip, and which is orientated throughout its entire length parallel to the puncturing direction, so that the cutting edge points in the puncturing direction, it is proposed that the cutting edge be of helical line-shaped configuration.