Trocar packaging clip
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsSamantha Smith, Krishnakumar Somasundaram, Rahul Shinde, Roshan Lohar, Richard C. Hart
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Abstract
A packaging device for a trocar assembly includes a trocar packaging clip having at least two holding structures configured to be detachably secured to the proximal portions of the trocar obturator and the cannula for retention of the trocar obturator and cannula relative to each other. The trocar packaging clip includes an anti-rotation structure configured to engage at least one of the trocar and the cannula to prevent relative rotation thereof.
Claims18
A trocar assembly configured to be shipped in a packaging container, the trocar assembly comprising:
- a trocar obturator;
- a cannula;
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- a trocar packaging clip having at least two holding structures, wherein the holding structures are configured to be detachably secured to the trocar obturator and to the cannula for retention of the trocar obturator and cannula in a fixed position relative to each other;
- wherein the trocar packaging clip includes an anti-rotation structure configured to engage at least one of the trocar and the cannula to prevent relative rotation thereof.
A trocar assembly including a packaging device, comprising:
- a trocar obturator;
- a cannula having a valve;
- a clip configured to detachably secure the trocar obturator and the cannula relative to each other, the clip including a finger configured to engage a valve on the cannula to prevent relative rotation of the valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.