Trocar seal assembly

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9486241
APP PUB NO 20040230161A1
SERIAL NO

10815356

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A trocar for performing a procedure on a patient. The trocar has a hollow cannula with a distal end and a proximal end. The trocar also has a housing with a distal end attached to the proximal end of the cannula and a proximal end having a wall attached thereto. The wall has an aperture therethrough. The trocar further includes a seal assembly disposed within the housing. The seal assembly includes a first substantially rigid ring, a second substantially rigid ring, and a plurality of layered elastomeric members compressed therebetween. The first ring has a plurality of distally extending protrusions extending from a distal surface thereof, and the second ring has a plurality of proximally extending protrusions extending from a proximal surface thereof.

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  • ETHICON LLC

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cropper, Michael S Edgewood, US 92 27632
Franer, Paul T Cincinnati, US 42 12872
Gilker, Thomas A Cincinnati, US 27 1205
Hueil, Geoffrey C Mason, US 85 60848
Norvell, David K Monroe, US 67 15888
Thompson, Brian J Cincinnati, US 19 719
Voegele, Aaron C Loveland, US 58 12355
Zeiner, Mark S Mason, US 264 74248

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