- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for accessing the interior of a hip joint, including the provision and use of a novel telescoping access cannula and a novel telescoping obturator
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Application No.: US14885524Application Date: 2015-10-16
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Publication No.: US10245070B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: James Flom , Thomas Weisel , Andrew Lantz , Roger Pisarnwongs , Jonathan Dewey , Matthew Frushell , Bryan Kelly , Michael Wei
- Applicant: Pivot Medical, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Pivot Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Pivot Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Pandiscio & Pandiscio
- Main IPC: A61B17/34
- IPC: A61B17/34 ; A61B17/02 ; A61F2/46 ; A61F2/32 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
A telescoping access cannula comprising: an outer tube; an inner tube carried by the outer tube, the inner tube being coaxial with the outer tube and longitudinally movable relative to the outer tube; and a rotatable member carried by the outer tube and connected to the inner tube, wherein rotation of the rotatable member causes longitudinal movement of the inner tube relative to the outer tube.
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