Trocar

• US 20110237901A1
• Filed: 03/22/2011
• Published: 09/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cilag Gmbh International (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Duke, Daniel H., Parihar, Shailendra K., Tanguay, Randall J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,449,460 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/208
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3462 with means for changing the diameter or the orientation of the entrance port of the cannula, e.g. for use with different-sized instruments, reduction ports, adapter seals expandable cannulas A61B17/3417
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3474 Insufflating needles, e.g. Veress needles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00477 Coupling A61B2017/0046 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/3464 with means acting on inner surface of valve or seal for expanding or protecting, e.g. inner pivoting fingers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/347 Locking means, e.g. for locking instrument in cannula

Abstract

A surgical access device, such as a trocar, is described. The trocar includes a first housing member selectively coupled to a second housing member, such as with a latching assembly, and a seal which can be compressed when the housing members are coupled together, the seal for preventing or reducing transverse escape of insufflation gas or other fluid from between the coupled together first and second members.

Claims

1. A surgical access device comprising:

a first housing member;

a second housing member;

wherein the first and second housing members are configured to be releasably coupled one to the other;

wherein the first and second housing members include generally aligned apertures shaped and dimensioned for passage of an instrument therethrough; and

a seal offset radially outwardly from the aligned apertures, the seal configured to restrict fluid flow intermediate the first and second housing members.

2. The access device of claim 1 wherein the seal comprises multiple openings therethrough.

3. The access device of claim 1 wherein the seal comprises a generally circular portion and at least one generally non-circular portion disposed radially outwardly of the generally circular portion.

4. The access device of claim 1 wherein the seal comprises a circular portion forming the perimeter of a circular opening through the seal, and wherein the seal further defines at least one non-circular opening therethrough.

5. The access device of claim 1 wherein one of the first and second housing components support an instrument seal, and wherein the other of the first and second housing components supports a zero closure seal.

6. The access device of claim 1 wherein the seal has a durometer of less than about 10 Shore A.

7. The access device of claim 1 wherein the seal has a durometer of between about 4 and about 6 Shore A.

8. The access device of claim 1 wherein the seal extends between about 0.025 inch and about 0.045 inch from a surface associated with one of the first and second housing components.

9. A trocar comprising:

a cannula having a passageway extending in an axial direction;

a housing disposed at a proximal end of the cannula, the housing having a proximal opening for receiving an instrument, and the housing comprising

first and second housing components configured to be selectively coupled together;

a first seal operative to seal around an instrument passing through the housing;

a second seal operative to restrict fluid flow in an axial direction when no instrument extends through the housing; and

a deformable seal separate from the first and second seals, the deformable seal operative to restrict fluid flow between generally opposed portions of the first and second housing components when the first and second components are coupled together.