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Obturator tip for a trocar

  • US 6,960,164 B2
  • Filed: 08/01/2003
  • Issued: 11/01/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tip for an obturator which is used in a trocar, said obturator having a distal or penetration end, a proximal or handling end, and a shaft between the distal and proximal ends, said tip comprising:

  • (a.) upper and lower flat faces which slope from the shaft of the obturator toward the distal end of the obturator;

    (b.) side faces which are flat, which are between the upper and lower flat faces, and which slope from the shaft toward the distal end of the obturator; and

    (c.) a glide tip which extends outwardly from the side faces in a plane substantially equidistant between the upper and lower faces and radially along the side faces, the glide tip having a rounded portion at the distal end of the obturator and a beveled portion along the side faces, the beveled portions having a downward bevel.

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