Patent ID: 7677392

Claim:
A packaging device for a trocar assembly, comprising: a trocar sleeve having a trocar sleeve tip; a trocar obturator having a trocar obturator tip; a housing member including a first sleeve adapted for selective frictional retention of a trocar assembly component relative to the housing member and a second sleeve adapted for selective frictional retention of a trocar assembly component relative to the housing member; the first sleeve including an inlet opening at a first end thereof and a closed second end defining a shield member positioned about a tip of a trocar assembly component positioned therein; the second sleeve including an inlet opening at a first end thereof and a closed second end defining a shield member positioned about a tip of a trocar assembly component positioned therein, the second end of the second sleeve includes an obliquely angled surface relative to a longitudinal axis of the second sleeve shaped and dimensioned to mate with a tip of a trocar assembly component; wherein the first sleeve includes an opening between the first end and the second end and the second sleeve includes an opening between the first end and the second end, and wherein the first sleeve and the second sleeve are sufficiently compliant permitting diametric expansion on the order of approximately 2 to 3 mm.