Smoke collecting trocar

An apparatus for reducing surgical smoke, the apparatus comprising:

• a trocar comprising a tubular hollow body circumscribing a cavity extending through a longitudinal axis of the trocar with a gasket at a first end and an exit port at a second end, the tubular hollow body maintaining a first plate operable to maintain an electric charged and a second plate operable to maintain an opposite electric charge;
• an insufflator operable to provide gas to the cavity;
• a charging controller operable to provide an electric charge to the first plate and the second plate;
• and
• a flow meter in fluid connection between the insufflator and the trocar, the flow meter operable to measure a flow of gas from the insufflator to the cavity.

A method of removing gas, the method comprising:

• (a) providing a trocar comprising a tubular hollow body circumscribing a cavity extending through a longitudinal axis of the trocar with a gasket at a first end and an exit port at a second end, the tubular hollow body maintaining a first plate operable to maintain an electric charged and a second plate operable to maintain an opposite electric charge, an insufflator operable to provide gas to the cavity, a charging controller operable to provide an electric charge to the first plate and the second plate, and a flow meter in fluid connection between the insufflator and the trocar, the flow meter operable to measure a flow of gas from the insufflator to the cavity;
• (b) inserting the trocar into a surgical cavity;
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• (c) electrically charging the first plate and the second plate by the charging controller to ionize particles within the surgical cavity and attract the particles toward one of the first plate and the second plate.