Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Patent
1991-07-18
1993-05-11
O'Connor, Cary E.
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
604256, A61M 5178
Patent
active
052097374
ABSTRACT:
A septum valve in a trocar assembly has a variable orifice that is responsive to a cross-sectional dimension of the surgical instrument being inserted into the trocar channel, thereby minimizing leakage of inflation gas from the body cavity, such as the abdomen, being operated on. An elastomeric septum is disposed in the channel and includes portions which define an orifice having in a relaxed state a first cross-sectional area. An actuation assembly provided with levers which pivot radially outwardly to expand the seal and thereby expand the orifice to the second cross-sectional area in response to entry of the instrument into the channel. The actuation assembly is free to float in an annular recess to accommodate an instrument which is misaligned with the trocar channel.
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patent: 4723550 (1988-02-01), Bales et al.
patent: 4842591 (1989-06-01), Luther
Cooper Robert P.
Gadberry Donald L.
Hart Charles C.
Ritchart Mark A.
Applied Medical Resources, Inc.
Myers Richard L.
O'Connor Cary E.
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