Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Trocar assembly with a cleaning element for use during a laparoscopic procedure
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Application No.: US15452246Application Date: 2017-03-07
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Publication No.: US10398296B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Joanna L. Rosenbaum , Jeanny Chung , Patrick Hubbard , Joseph Prybell , Corrie Threlkeld , Sara Tillman , Brandon Toth , Andrew P. VanDeWeghe , Thomas Wilschke , Jesse Charles Darley , Christopher Alan Harris , Curtis B. Irwin , Stephen A. Latham , Daniel J. Lee , Douglas Rodenkirch , Jeffrey R. Staszak
- Applicant: CareFusion 2200, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Carefusion 2200, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Carefusion 2200, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/34
- IPC: A61B17/34 ; A61B1/12 ; A61B1/313

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a trocar assembly with an integrated scope-cleaning structure. The trocar assembly may include a housing defining boundaries of a chamber with (a) a proximal opening configured to receive a distal end of a scope, and (b) a distal opening in fluid and mechanical communication with a trocar cannula. The trocar assembly may further include a cleaning element located at least partially between the proximal opening and the distal opening, where the cleaning element is movable with respect to the housing from at least a first setting where a first portion of the cleaning element may be in a first location and may form a first cleaning surface within the chamber, the first cleaning surface configured to remove debris from a distal end of the scope when the distal end of the scope contacts the first portion of the cleaning element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180256019A1 TROCAR ASSEMBLY WITH A CLEANING ELEMENT FOR USE DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURE Public/Granted day:2018-09-13
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