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US 5,865,817 AGranted
Apparatus and method for securing a medical instrument to a cannula of a trocar assembly
OwnerStephen P. Moenning, Charles Mankerinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus for securing a medical instrument to a cannula of a trocar assembly includes a first retainer portion. The apparatus also includes a second retainer portion. The apparatus also includes a ball-shaped instrument holder. The ball-shaped instrument holder has a passageway extending therethrough. The instrument is securable within the passageway. A method for securing a medical instrument to a cannula of a trocar assembly is also disclosed.
Claims15
A medical apparatus, comprising:
- a cannula of a trocar assembly which defines a cannula passageway extending therethrough;
- a retainer body secured to said cannula of said trocar assembly;
- and
- an instrument holder rotatable secured to said retainer body and having a holder passageway extending therethrough, a medical instrument being positionable within said passageway,
- wherein said holder passageway of said instrument holder tilts relative to said cannula passageway of said cannula of said trocar assembly when said instrument holder is rotated relative to said retainer body.
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A medical apparatus, comprising:
- a cannula of a trocar assembly which defines a cannula passageway extending therethrough;
- a first retainer portion;
- a second retainer portion, wherein said first retainer portion and said second retainer portion (i) are secured to said cannula of said trocar assembly, and (ii) cooperate to form a socket which is located above an upper end of said cannula passageway of said cannula of said trocar assembly;
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- a ball-shaped instrument holder rotatable secured within said socket and having a holder passageway extending therethrough, a medical instrument being securable within said passageway,
- wherein said holder passageway of said instrument holder tilts relative to said cannula passageway of said cannula of said trocar assembly when said instrument holder is rotated relative to said retainer body.
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A medical apparatus, comprising:
- a cannula of a trocar assembly, said cannula defining a cannula passageway extending therethrough;
- a retainer body secured to said cannula of said trocar assembly, said retainer body defining a socket;
- and
- a ball-shaped instrument holder rotatably secured within said socket of said retainer body and having a holder passageway extending therethrough, said ball-shaped member being positioned over an upper end of said cannula passageway of said cannula of said trocar assembly,
- wherein said holder passageway tilts relative to said cannula passageway when said ball-shaped instrument holder is rotated relative to said retainer body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.