Patent ID: 11969186
Assignee: MISSION SURGICAL INNOVATIONS, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A method of performing a surgical procedure, comprising:
providing a cannula, the cannula including a base member and a configurable guide insert detachably coupled to the base member;
providing a removable obturator configured to slidably insert within the cannula through the configurable guide insert and base member;
wherein the configurable guide insert includes a marking to indicate whether the configurable guide insert is detachably coupled to be positionable in a right orientation or in a left orientation, and
wherein the configurable guide insert defines a combination track, the combination track further comprising:
a circular opening extending through the configurable guide insert and into a bore within the cannula formed by a sidewall of the cannula; and
a slot opening extending through the configurable guide insert and into an action area outside of the bore and radially between axially-extending edges of the sidewall;

determining whether the configurable guide insert will be detachably coupled to be positionable in the right orientation for a surgical procedure in a right side of a patient or in the left orientation for the surgical procedure in a left side of the patient;
wherein the configurable guide insert is configured to be detachably coupled for rotation of 180 degrees about an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis defined by the cannula when positioning the configurable guide insert on the base member in the right orientation or in the left orientation;

rotating the configurable guide insert within the base member in either the right orientation for the surgical procedure in the right side of the patient or in the left orientation for the surgical procedure in the left side of the patient;
inserting the obturator into the bore through the circular opening of the combination track and sliding the obturator toward a distal end of the cannula;
inserting the cannula into an incision in either the left side of the patient or the right side of the patient;
removing the obturator from the cannula while leaving the cannula in place within the incision in either the left side of the patient or the right side of the patient;
inserting a camera device into the bore through the circular opening of the combination track and sliding the camera device toward the distal end of the cannula;
providing an image of a target tissue via the camera device;
inserting a tissue manipulation device through the slot opening of the combination track and sliding the tissue manipulation device toward the distal end of the cannula and into the action area; and
manipulating the target tissue via the tissue manipulation device.