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US 12,697,136 B2

Trocar for a surgical instrument

US 12,697,136 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-04. Applicant: OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.

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Applicant
OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH
Inventors
Thorsten JUERGENS; Andreas NOE
Publication date
2026-08-04
Filing date
2024-04-25
Document type
B2 Granted patent
Also written as
US 12,697,136 B2 · US12697136 · 12697136

Abstract

A trocar for use with a surgical instrument. The trocar including; a proximal trocar head; a trocar shaft arranged on the trocar head, the trocar shaft is configured to receive an elongated shaft of the surgical instrument, and a positioning device provided on the proximal trocar head and being movable between retracted and extracted states relative to the trocar head, the positioning device being configured to position a distal end of the elongated shaft of the surgical instrument outside the trocar head in the extracted position.

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