US 12,295,615 B2
Surgical laparoscopic ports for implanting medical systems
Benjamin K. Yaffe, San Francisco, CA (US); Shivkumar Sabesan, San Mateo, CA (US); and Eric Irwin, South San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Verily Life Sciences LLC, Dallax, TX (US)
Filed by Verily Life Sciences LLC, South San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on May 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/325,820.
Application 17/325,820 is a continuation of application No. 16/408,123, filed on May 9, 2019, granted, now 11,039,856.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/669,485, filed on May 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0267629 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/3421 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3403 (2013.01); A61N 1/36062 (2017.08); A61B 2017/3433 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3443 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3445 (2013.01); A61N 1/36067 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cannula sleeve in a cannula assembly comprising:
a sleeve body comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having an opening; and
a hub attached to the proximal end of the sleeve body to be connected to the sleeve body, the hub configured to fit with a cannula housing, wherein the hub matches a size and shape of a portion of the cannula housing for securing the cannula sleeve to the cannula housing,
wherein the sleeve body comprises:
a first side face connecting a first set of rounded corners;
a second side face opposing the first side face, the second side face connecting a second set of rounded corners, wherein the first set of rounded corners and the second set of rounded corners each comprise an upper rounded corner and a lower rounded corner;
a top apex extending from the upper rounded corners of the first set of rounded corners and the second set of rounded corners, wherein the top apex is rounded in shape and comprises:
a first top face extending from the upper rounded corner of the first set of rounded corners to the top apex; and
a second top face extending from the upper rounded corner of the second set of rounded corners to the top apex; and
a bottom apex extending from the lower rounded corners of the first set of rounded corners and the second set of rounded corners, wherein the bottom apex is rounded in shape;
wherein the first side face and the second side face are parallel; and
wherein the first top face and the second top face are flat.