Endoscopic instrumentation kit and package therefor
AssigneeUnited States Surgical Corporation
InventorsAndre P. Decarie, David L. Brown, Stanley J. Malinowski, Douglas M. Dunklee
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Abstract
An endoscopic or laparoscopic instrumentation kit including at least one obturator and at least two sleeves forming a trocar assembly. The kit may also include a catheter, an endoscopic surgical instrument, tissue-gripping sleeve members and attachment devices for the trocar sleeves. The kit is packaged in a vacuum-formed enclosure having raised walls which correspond in size and shape to the instruments packaged therein for retaining and displaying the instruments.
Claims42
An endoscopic instrumentation kit, comprising:
- at least one obturator;
- at least two sleeve members for use with said at least one obturator, said at least one obturator being insertable into each of said sleeve members;
- and
- an enclosure containing said at least one obturator and said sleeve members.
An endoscopic instrumentation kit comprising:
- at least one obturator;
- at least two sleeve members fur use with said at least one obturator;
- a first package including a bottom cover and a top cover, said top and bottom cover forming a package containing said at least one obturator and said sleeve members;
- an endoscopic surgical instrument having a handle mechanism at a first end and an operative mechanism at a second end;
- at least one tissue gripping sleeve for securing one of said sleeve members in a patient;
- and
- a second package including a bottom cover and a top cover, said top and bottom cover forming a package containing said instrument and said at least one gripping sleeve.
An endoscopic instrumentation kit comprising:
- at least one obturator;
- at least one sleeve member for use with said at least one obturator;
- an endoscopic surgical instrument having a handle mechanism at a first end and an operative mechanism at a second end;
- at least one tissue gripping sleeve for securing said at least one sleeve member in a patient;
- and
- a package including a bottom cover and a top cover, said top and bottom cover forming a package containing said at least one obturator, said at least one sleeve member, said instrument, and said at least one tissue gripping sleeve.
An endoscopic instrumentation kit comprising:
- at least one trocar assembly including an obturator and a sleeve member;
- at least one additional sleeve member;
- and
- an outer package containing said at least one trocar assembly and said at least one additional sleeve member.
A package containing an endoscopic instrumentation kit, said kit including at least one obturator and at least two sleeve members for use with said obturator, said package comprising:
- a flat rigid bottom cover;
- and a vacuum formed plastic top cover, said cover having raised walls corresponding in shape to said at least one obturator and said sleeve members, said package containing said kit.
A package containing an endoscopic instrumentation kit, said kit having endoscopic surgical elements including at least one obturator, at least two sleeve members corresponding to each obturator provided, a catheter device, an endoscopic surgical instrument having a handle mechanism at a first end and an operative mechanism at second end, at least one tissue gripping sleeve for securing one of said sleeve members in a patient, and at least one attachment device for modifying an inner diameter of said sleeve members at a first end of said sleeve members, said package comprising:
- a flat rigid bottom cover;
- and
- a vacuum formed plastic top cover, said cover having raised walls corresponding in shape to each of said endoscopic surgical elements for retaining said elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.