TROCAR CANNULA ASSEMBLY WITH LOW PROFILE INSERTION CONFIGURATION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE

A cannula assembly having a retention member and a method of manufacture of the cannula assembly is provided. The cannula assembly includes a cannula and a sleeve disposed around the cannula from a proximal end to a distal end. The sleeve can include a balloon formed by a stretch blow molding proces...

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Main Authors VELASCO, JOEL, B, PRAVONGVIENGKHAM, KENNII, BOLANOS, EDUARDO, PRAVONG, BOUN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 24.08.2016
Subjects
DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Summary:A cannula assembly having a retention member and a method of manufacture of the cannula assembly is provided. The cannula assembly includes a cannula and a sleeve disposed around the cannula from a proximal end to a distal end. The sleeve can include a balloon formed by a stretch blow molding process following local heating once advanced over the cannula. Once formed, the balloon can be conditioned to constrict against the cannula. A conditioning aid can be advanced over the balloon when it is still formable to constrict the balloon against the cannula.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20140768593