Patent ID: 8206411
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A trocar sleeve, comprising: a trocar cannula; and a trocar housing including a housing member base and a housing member cover; the trocar cannula and trocar housing being mechanically interfitted to form a trocar sleeve, wherein at least a portion of the trocar cannula sits within the housing member base with the housing member cover sitting over the trocar cannula and the housing member base for securing the at least a portion of the trocar cannula within the housing member base the housing member cover includes a cover rim that mates with a housing rim of the housing member base for securing the housing member cover to the housing member base; and a mechanically secured stop-cock valve, the stop-cock valve includes a lock surface composed of alignment wings and the housing member base includes a clearance for placement of the stop-cock valve and the alignment wings, and wherein the stop-cock valve and the alignment wings are is mechanically interfitted between the trocar cannula and the trocar housing to prevent rotation of the stop-cock valve: wherein the trocar cannula extends from a distal end of the trocar housing member base to the trocar housing member cover to create a fluid tight passage from a distal end of the trocar cannula to a proximal end of the trocar cannula.