Adaptor cap for trocar assembly
CA 2117149 A1 · Owner: Groenke, Gregory C. · Inventors: Groenke, Gregory C.; Roxas, Renato; Stephens, Randy R.
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An adaptor cap assembly is provided for a trocar consisting of a base which contains an opening which is the same size as the opening of the trocar cannula handle. There is also a cap integrally attached to the base which contains a gasketing assembly wherein the assembly is of a smaller diameter than the diameter of the trocar cannula handle opening as well as the opening in the base of the adaptor cap assembly. This cap is hingedly attached to the base so that it can be flipped by using the thumb either into or out of alignment with the openings of the trocar cannula handle and the base of the adaptor cap assembly. Thus, this mechanism can be used so that a smaller diameter instrument can …
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- Filed March 7, 1994. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 7, 2014.
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