Surgery – Instruments – Cutting – puncturing or piercing
Patent
1995-05-19
1997-07-29
Burr, Edgar S.
Surgery
Instruments
Cutting, puncturing or piercing
606170, A61B 1732
Patent
active
056517904
ABSTRACT:
A cannula for use in endoscopic surgical procedures, the procedures including use of an endoscope and a surgical instrument. The cannula has two ends with a continuous passageway extending between the ends. The cannula has a slot extending along its length through which tissue can be viewed by the endoscope and accessed by the surgical instrument. The slot is bounded by a crosspiece at one of its ends. The cannula may be tapered and may have a guard at the end of the cannula opposite the crosspiece.
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Miller Brent W.
Resnick Charles T.
Burr Edgar S.
Milres Corporation
Nguyen Anthony H.
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