Title:
CAGED FLOATING SEAL ASSEMBLY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2008024502
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
A seal assembly establishes sealing engagement with a plurality of differently dimensioned instruments passing through a trocar. The seal assembly is a caged seal assembly movably disposed within the trocar and includes at least two seal segments disposable into and out of a sealing orientation relative to the instrument. A cage structure of the seal assembly includes at least two cage segments each connected to a seal segment, a biasing assembly connected to the cage structure and disposed and structured to normally bias the seal segments into sealing orientation.
Inventors:
MCFARLANE RICHARD H (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2007/018807
Publication Date:
October 30, 2008
Filing Date:
August 27, 2007
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TELEFLEX MEDICAL INC (US)
MCFARLANE RICHARD H (US)
MCFARLANE RICHARD H (US)
International Classes:
A61B17/00
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