Surgical obturator

Details Surgical obturator Surgical obturator

2008-10-29

2011-11-01

Hughes, Tom (Department: 3731)

Surgery

Instruments

Cutting, puncturing or piercing

C606S172000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08048099

ABSTRACT:
To enable puncture of a body wall with a greater degree of sensitivity with a surgical obturator for puncturing the body wall having a knife, the cutting edge of which extends outwards from a tip of the obturator in the direction of various sides and backwards in relation to the tip, and which is orientated throughout its entire length parallel to the puncturing direction, so that the cutting edge points in the puncturing direction, it is proposed that the cutting edge be of helical line-shaped configuration.

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