Patent ID: 8876775

Claim:
A safety cap for use with a trocar, the cap comprising: a bore defining a path for a trocar and adapted to receive a pointed tip of the trocar therein, said bore having an open end and a closed end for containing the trocar, and a locking spring formed from a single flat strip of metal bent at an elbow said strip of metal having a circular hole therethrough which is spaced from a proximal end of the flat strip of metal relative to the open end of said bore, the proximal end of the locking spring adapted to flex at the elbow between a first position and a second position, the locking spring being adapted to releasably secure the trocar within the cap when in the first position to resist movement of the trocar away from the closed end of the bore absent an external force acting on the trocar, wherein the locking spring and the circular hole are not disposed within the path for the trocar when the locking spring is in the first position, and to permanently secure the trocar within the cap when in the second position to prevent any substantial movement of the trocar away from the closed end, and wherein the circular hole is disposed within and aligned with the path for the trocar when the locking spring is in the second position.