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Verress needle with enhanced acoustical means

  • US 5,256,148 A
  • Filed: 04/13/1992
  • Issued: 10/26/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A verress-needle comprising:

  • a handle having proximal and distal ends connected to a hollow outer needle with an end portion for penetrating a body cavity, said hollow outer needle and said handle providing a conduit through which fluid may be passed to or from the body cavity, said hollow outer needle attached to said handle at the distal end of said handle;

    a hollow inner needle having proximal and distal ends surrounding an elongated body, which extends through said hollow outer needle and into said conduit in said handle, said inner needle having an opening near its distal end, and an open portion at its proximal end within said handle;

    a spring housed within said conduit of said handle at said proximal end of said handle and said inner needle for biasing said inner needle forwardly to a protective position, so that the distal end of said inner needle extends past the end portion of said outer needle absent resistance against said inner needle; and

    visual means indicating liquid flow within said needle and said inner needle wherein said visual means comprises a hollow cap attached to said handle, said hollow cap containing a window with floating member therein, such that said floating member indicates direction of fluid flow within said needle.

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