Surgery – Instruments – Cutting – puncturing or piercing
Patent
1995-02-21
1997-05-06
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Cutting, puncturing or piercing
606159, 606205, A61B 1732
Patent
active
056265972
ABSTRACT:
A surgical instrument for percutaneous accessing body tissue including a tissue piercing element for creating an opening through a body wall. The surgical instrument may include a working member for performing a surgical procedure within the body. Alternatively, the surgical instrument may include an introducer having a stabilizing structure for facilitating the passage of the tissue piercing element and for releasably affixing the surgical instrument to the body tissue surface, thereby securing the surgical instrument relative to the patient's body.
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Larsen Scott W.
Theroux Marc J.
Urban Carl T.
Buiz Michael
Truong Kevin
United States Surgical Corporation
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