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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2011
Michael P. Whitman, New Hope, PA (US);
John E. Burbank, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Jeremy Hill, Middlebury, CT (US);
Thomas Guy, Tequesta, FL (US);
Michael P. Whitman, New Hope, PA (US);
John E. Burbank, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Jeremy Hill, Middlebury, CT (US);
Thomas Guy, Tequesta, FL (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical device is described. The surgical device may comprise a rotatable cutter configured to cut tissue for insertion of a cannula, and a first driver configured to be driven by a motor arrangement and to rotate the cutter. The surgical device may further include, for example, the cannula, at least one of the rotatable cutter and the first driver being disposed in a bore of the cannula. In one embodiment, the rotatable cutter may include an auger having a cutting thread. In another embodiment, the rotatable cutter may include a disk-shaped blade.