Trocar, method for manufacturing the same, and method for continuously manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10098660-B2
Application number	US-201514926106-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2015
Priority date	Oct 29, 2015
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a trocar is provided. The trocar includes: a sharp end; at least three concave cutting edges extended from the sharp end; and at least three concave cutting surfaces forming the sharp end and the at least three cutting edges.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing a trocar, comprising:
forming a concave first cutting surface by grinding a shaft extended in one direction;
forming a concave second cutting surface by rotating the shaft by a predetermined angle with reference to an axis of the shaft and then grinding the shaft after forming the first cutting surface;
forming a concave third cutting surface by rotating the shaft by an angle acquired by subtracting the predetermined angle from 180° with reference to the axis of the shaft and then grinding the shaft after forming the second cutting surface; and
forming a concave fourth cutting surface by rotating the shaft by the predetermined angle with reference to the axis of the shaft and then grinding the shaft after forming the third cutting surface.

2. The method for forming the trocar of claim 1 , wherein the forming the first cutting surface, the forming the second cutting surface, the forming the third cutting surface, and the forming the fourth cutting surface comprise rotating the shaft in one of clockwise and counterclockwise directions.

3. The method for forming the trocar of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined angle is greater than 90° and smaller than 180°.

4. A method for continuously manufacturing a trocar, comprising:
preparing a plurality of shafts in a direction that is perpendicular to an axis direction of each shaft;
continuously forming a concave first cutting surface in each of the plurality of shafts by grinding the plurality of shafts using a wheel;
continuously forming a concave second cutting surface by rotating each of the plurality of shafts by a predetermined angle with reference to an axis of each of the plurality of shafts and grinding the respective shafts using the wheel;
continuously forming a concave third cutting surface by rotating the respective shafts by an angle acquired by subtracting the predetermined angle from 180° with reference to the axis of each shaft and grinding the respective shafts using the wheel; and
continuously forming a concave fourth cutting surface by rotating the plurality of shafts by the predetermined angle with reference to the axis of each shaft and then grinding the respective shafts using the wheel.

5. The method for continuously manufacturing the trocar of claim 4 , wherein the wheel comprises a grinding surface convexly curved with reference to an axis that is perpendicular to a rotation axis of the wheel.

6. The method for continuously manufacturing the trocar of claim 5 , wherein the rotation axis of the wheel is parallel with the axis of each of the plurality of shafts.

7. The method for continuously manufacturing the trocar of claim 4 , wherein the forming the first cutting surface, the forming the second cutting surface, the forming the third cutting surface, and the forming the fourth cutting surface comprise rotating the shaft in one of the clockwise and counterclockwise directions.

8. The method for continuously manufacturing the trocar of claim 4 , wherein the predetermined angle is greater than 90° and smaller than 180°.

Assignees

• Korea Inst Mach & Materials

Inventors

• Park Jong-Kweon
• Ro Seung Kook
• Lee Sung Cheul
• Kim Byung-Sub
• Kim Jaegu
• Ehmann Kornel
• Han Peidong

Classifications

• A61B2017/00526

  Methods of manufacturing · CPC title

• A61B17/3417 Primary

  Details of tips or shafts, e.g. grooves, expandable, bendable; Multiple coaxial sliding cannulas, e.g. for dilating (syringe needles A61M5/32; dilators A61M29/00) · CPC title

• A61B2017/3454

  Details of tips · CPC title

• B24B3/605

  of surgical or dental instruments · CPC title