Patent ID: 8246586
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical sealing element holder for holding a surgical sealing element of a surgical sealing system comprising a trocar with a trocar sleeve, said sealing element having an insertion opening adapted to be widened, the surgical sealing element holder comprising: a holder sealing element for sealing the surgical sealing element holder with respect to an inner sealing surface of the trocar sleeve, wherein: the holder sealing element is designed in the form of a flange projecting from the surgical sealing element holder in a radial direction, the holder sealing element is monolithically formed with the surgical sealing element holder, and the flange is inclined at an angle of inclination of between 1-15 degrees in a distal direction with respect to a plane extending transversely to a longitudinal axis of the surgical sealing element holder.