Patent ID: 8715249
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A safety cap for removing once, and permanently receiving thereafter, a pointed end of a trocar, the cap comprising: a body assembly having an open end adapted to remove once, and receive thereafter, the pointed end of a trocar therein, a handle opposite the open end and providing a closed end, an elongated body with a bore extending partially therethrough, and a sleeve cap defining an inner cavity and with an aperture in one end, said sleeve cap slidably positioned on one end of said elongated body, wherein said bore and said aperture are positioned on a common axis to form said open end in the body assembly; a releasable lock mechanism disposed within said body assembly, proximate said open end, that releasably secures the body on the trocar, wherein said releasable lock mechanism is released by compressing said slidable sleeve cap toward said elongated body; and a permanent lock mechanism disposed within said body assembly, distal from said open end, that permanently secures the body on the trocar.