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Hand-held instruments that access interior body regions

  • US 20030191414A1
  • Filed: 05/08/2003
  • Published: 10/09/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tool comprising:

  • a trocar including a handle, a lumen extending through the trocar and the trocar handle, the lumen accommodating passage of a functional instrument, a cannula including a cannula handle and being sized and configured to accommodate passage of the trocar, the trocar engaging the cannula to form a composite instrument, the trocar handle mating with the cannula handle to form a composite handle when the trocar is engaged with the cannula.

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