US 12,274,472 B2
Trocar
Jung Joo Lee, Seongnam-si (KR); Heejin Kim, Seongnam-si (KR); Dongkyu Jang, Seongnam-si (KR); Jinho Kwon, Seongnam-si (KR); and Jaeyeong Lee, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to LIVSMED INC., Seongnam-si (KR)
Filed by LIVSMED INC., Seongnam-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/597,895.
Application 18/597,895 is a division of application No. 17/487,890, filed on Sep. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,950,806.
Application 17/487,890 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2020/017256, filed on Nov. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0126002 (KR), filed on Sep. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0206911 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/3423 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3498 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3466 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical method using a surgical instrument including an end tool having one or more joints and a trocar, the surgical method comprising:
coupling an obturator with a main body of the trocar;
inserting the trocar into a body of a patient;
separating the obturator from the main body;
coupling an end tool mounting member with the main body; and
inserting the surgical instrument into the body of the patient through the trocar,
wherein in the inserting of the surgical instrument into the body of the patient through the trocar, in a state in which the end tool of the surgical instrument is mounted on the end tool mounting member, when a control portion of the surgical instrument is rotated in a direction, the end tool is rotated in the direction by using a contact point between the end tool and the end tool mounting member as a pivot point, the end tool and a shaft of the surgical instrument are substantially parallel to each other, and then, the surgical instrument is inserted into the body of the patient.