Patent ID: 8551036

Claim:
An apparatus for use in procedures involving insufflation, comprising: an aerosol generator configured to aerosolize a fluid to form an aerosol; a trocar configured to deliver the aerosol formed by the aerosol generator, the trocar comprising a trocar housing having a proximal end to which the aerosol generator is mounted, the trocar having a proximal entry port for insufflation gas and a distal end through which aerosol is delivered; and an aerosol delivery tube extending from the aerosol generator through the proximal end of the trocar housing and distally into the trocar housing and configured such that the aerosol formed by the aerosol generator is delivered into the trocar housing, the aerosol delivery tube having a distally directed aerosol outlet located distally with respect to the insufflation gas entry port of the trocar.