Patent ID: 8562641
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A laparoscopic medical instrument comprising an elongate shaft having an operative tip at one end and a manual actuator at an opposite end, said shaft including a preformed inherently S-shaped configuration, a first curved C-shaped portion of said shaft being resilient and another curved C-shaped portion of said shaft being rigid, said shaft disposed through a trocar assembly wherein the trocar assembly includes: an upper surface, a lower surface disposed below the upper surface, an outer wall connected between the upper surface and the lower surface, and at least one curved trocar sleeve or cannula disposed through the upper surface and the lower surface, the at least one curved trocar sleeve or cannula incorporated within the outer wall connected between the upper surface and the lower surface and wherein said shaft is disposed through said at least one curved trocar sleeve or cannula incorporated within the outer wall.