Trocars

The invention relates to surgical devices called trocars, which are used as access ports into the abdomen during laparoscopic surgery. ❋ Peter Zura (2006)

He nodded for the next three trocars to be inserted: a pincer, a wand and a cauterizer. ❋ Carol Edgarian (2011)

The best tools are the ones she leaves buried in their bellies: rasps, trocars, intraosseous drill bits. ❋ David Woodruff (2011)

Michael McLeanorthopedist; reduced hip-implant costsMark Nielsenurologist; changed preventive drugsRhonda Tubbesurgery director; tracked costsSteven Dickhautorthopedist; fewer hip patients to ICUArthur Speckurologist; $18 closure clips (not $45) Kim McMorriesOb-Gyn; cut back on lab testsJames Redfieldgeneral surgeon; reusable trocars ❋ Unknown (2008)

One top surgeon, Dr. Donald Cagle, trimmed $44,000 with a single change: using reusable instead of disposable trocars-instruments that pierce the skin-in laparoscopic cholecystectomies (the high-tech removal of a patient's gallbladder). ❋ Unknown (2008)

On the further side, in front of the window, there was a board which was strewed with glittering instruments -- forceps, tenacula, saws, canulas, and trocars. ❋ Arthur Conan Doyle (1894)

Specialty needles include coaxial, biopsy, spinal and disposable veress needles, access trocars, and other needle-based products.

In April 2008, a federal appeals court upheld a jury verdict that that Covidien didn't infringe on another of Applied Medical's trocars. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced that a subsidiary of the Company won a patent infringement suit against Applied Medical Resources Corporation relating to certain of Applied Medical's Kii ™ and Universal® laparoscopic trocars. ❋ Editors (2010)

Specialty needles include coaxial, biopsy, spinal and disposable veress needles, access trocars, and other needle based products. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Other surgeons using LESS have been able to decrease the cost by using standard periumbilical trocars (e.g. Dr. Cadeddu at UT Southwestern) and nondisposable bent instruments. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"The [mortician] made a cut into the lower [intestine], inserted the trocar, and activated the [suction]." ❋ Clustro (2009)