- Patent Title: Access apparatus with integrated fluid connector and control valve
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Application No.: US16891369Application Date: 2020-06-03
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Publication No.: US11666359B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Christopher Tokarz
- Applicant: Covidien LP
- Applicant Address: US MA Mansfield
- Assignee: Covidien LP
- Current Assignee: Covidien LP
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Mansfield
- Agency: Carter, DeLuca & Farrell LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/34
- IPC: A61B17/34 ; A61B17/02

Abstract:
An access apparatus includes an access housing, an access member extending from the access housing, a fluid connector mounted to the access housing and a control valve mounted to the fluid connector. The control valve is positionable relative to the fluid connector between a first position corresponding to a desufflation operative state permitting rapid desufflation of the underlying body cavity, a second position corresponding to an insufflation operative state permitting insufflation fluid flow into the access member and into the underlying body cavity, and a third position corresponding to a closed operative state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200289154A1 ACCESS APPARATUS WITH INTEGRATED FLUID CONNECTOR AND CONTROL VALVE Public/Granted day:2020-09-17
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