DILATOR APPARATUS

A cystotomy apparatus includes a sound from which an advancement device having a cutting tip creates a surgical pathway from the bladder through abdominal tissue to the external abdomen along a predetermined path. The cutting tip is captured and removed from the advancement device in a capture cup l...

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Hauptverfasser: ZOOK RONALD E, HIGH KENNETH A, WRIGHT DAVID W, BRAUN TIMOTHY E, SAMPSON LAURENCE K, PALMER DAVEY B, KROEHL PETE W, BUREK PAUL P, JACKINSKY STEVEN W
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A cystotomy apparatus includes a sound from which an advancement device having a cutting tip creates a surgical pathway from the bladder through abdominal tissue to the external abdomen along a predetermined path. The cutting tip is captured and removed from the advancement device in a capture cup located in the predetermined path by an alignment structure. The cutting tip is removed from the advancement device while within the capture cup, to allow a dilator, cannula or catheter to be drawn through the surgical pathway into the bladder.