Patent ID: 6960164

Claim:
A tip for an obturator which is used in a trocar, said obturator having a distal or penetration end, a proximal or handling end, and a shaft between the distal and proximal ends, said tip comprising: (a.) upper and lower flat faces which slope from the shaft of the obturator toward the distal end of the obturator; (b.) side faces which are flat, which are between the upper and lower flat faces, and which slope from the shaft toward the distal end of the obturator; and (c.) a glide tip which extends outwardly from the side faces in a plane substantially equidistant between the upper and lower faces and radially along the side faces, the glide tip having a rounded portion at the distal end of the obturator and a beveled portion along the side faces, the beveled portions having a downward bevel.