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Timestamp: 2017-11-19 18:15:41
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 09703532', 'Application No. 047017314', 'Application No. 11191175', 'Application No. 11191179', 'Application No. 11191184', 'Application No. 11191187', 'Application No. 11191189', 'Application No. 11191191', 'Application No. 11191193', 'Application No. 12187929', 'Application No. 12187933']

Patent US9265899 - Insufflating access system - Google Patents
Systems, devices, and methods permit insufflation of a body cavity prior to the insertion of a cannula into the body cavity. Some embodiments of an access system comprise an obturator, a trocar, and a fluid flow channel. The access system has a closed configuration, in which a distal end of the access...https://www.google.ca/patents/US9265899?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US9265899 - Insufflating access system
Publication number US9265899 B2
Also published as CA2714889A1, CA2714889C, EP2231233A1, EP2231233A4, EP2231233B1, EP2837343A1, EP2837343B1, EP2837344A1, EP2837344B1, EP2837345A1, EP2837345B1, EP2851020A1, EP2851020B1, US20090192444, WO2009094644A1
Publication number 12359964, 359964, US 9265899 B2, US 9265899B2, US-B2-9265899, US9265899 B2, US9265899B2
Patent Citations (374), Non-Patent Citations (64), Classifications (10), Legal Events (3)
US 9265899 B2
EP1733707B1 13 Jun 2005 3 Sep 2008 Alcon, Inc Infusion Cannula System
WO2003020140A1 15 Aug 2002 13 Mar 2003 Conmed Corporation Trocar requiring minimal insertion force
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International Classification A61B17/34, A61M13/00, A61B17/00
Cooperative Classification A61B2017/3456, A61M13/003, A61B17/3439, A61B2017/00907, A61B2017/3441, A61B17/3474, A61B2017/347