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US 6,654,991 B2Granted
Trocar button
OwnerDavid L. Berry, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A device to facilitate injection/extraction of fluids from cadaver's body cavities and to plug the incisions made to effect such injections/extractions. The trocar button of the present invention has both an external, manually operable drive surface and an internal drive surface engageable by a conventional insertion tool. Additionally, both the flange and the overall dimensions of the trocar button are increased to make it more user friendly.
Claims10
A trocar button for use in preparing a cadaver for burial comprising
- a) an entry tip;
- b) a conical body portion extending outwardly from a first end of said entry tip, said conical body portion having a threaded eternal peripheral section;
- c) a head section attached to said body portion, said head section having an external, manually-engageable drive including a gear tooth pattern on a periphery of said head section, and an internal drive which may be engaged by a tool, a membrane interconnecting a base portion of adjacent gear teeth to prevent said gear teeth from digging into the cadaver's skin;
- whereby said manually-engageable drive may be used to initiate insertion resulting from manual rotation and said trocar button may be fully seated by engaging a tool in said internal drive.
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