Anti-inversion trocar seal.U.S. patent: 7,112,185 Issued: September 26, 2006 Inventors: Charles C. Hart, Henry Kahle and Scott V. Taylor Assigned: Applied Medical Resources Key statement: A trocar trocar /tro·car/ (tro´kahr) a sharp-pointed instrument equipped with a cannula, used to puncture the wall of a body cavity and withdraw fluid. tro·car n. seal with a structure formed integrally with or proximate proximate /prox·i·mate/ (prok´si-mit) immediate or nearest. prox·i·mate adj. Closely related in space, time, or order; very near; proximal. proximate immediate; nearest. to the septum septum /sep·tum/ (sep´tum) pl. sep´ta [L.] a dividing wall or partition. alveolar septum interalveolar s. seal to prevent inversion of the septum seal upon withdrawal of the surgical instrument. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion