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Pneumoneedle

US4808168A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 19, 1986
Grant dateFeb 28, 1989
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2090/08021
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A single-use Veress-type pneumoneedle that has a flanged handle and a fixed valve subassembly that permit the pneumoneedle to be gripped like a syringe when it is being inserted. The stylet body is either a solid rod or a hollow tube. Insufflating gas is carried into the abdominal cavity through the lumen of the needle when the stylet is a solid rod or through the stylet lumen when the stylet is a hollow tube.

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