OPTICAL TROCAR TIP PROTECTOR

摘要

A trocar tip protector includes a housing having a first inlet and a second inlet adjacent to each other. The first inlet is configured to receive and frictionally retain a tip of a trocar sleeve. The second inlet is configured to receive and frictionally retain a tip of a trocar obturator. The housing may be formed by extruding a generally tubular structure and then bending the generally tubular structure into a generally U-shaped configuration that positions the trocar sleeve and the trocar obturator substantially parallel relative to each other when the trocar sleeve tip is inserted into the first inlet of the housing and when the trocar obturator tip is inserted into the second inlet of the housing.

主权项

1. A trocar assembly, comprising:
a trocar sleeve having a trocar sleeve tip; a trocar obturator having a trocar obturator tip; a trocar tip protector that is extruded and bent into a shape that positions the trocar sleeve and the trocar obturator parallel relative to each other when the trocar sleeve tip is inserted into a first inlet of the trocar tip protector and when the trocar obturator tip is inserted into a second inlet of the trocar tip protector.