The advantages of the optical trocar include:
Visiport™ Plus optical trocars are available in 11 mm and 12 mm diameters. The Visiport™ Plus optical trocar consists of an obturator with a blunt clear dome at the distal end which encloses a crescent shaped knife blade.
Optical trocars offer visualization to deliver clear tissue identification on the first entry of the tissue layer.
†Images recorded on March 14, 2013, as part of a trocar clarity evaluation in an inanimate abdominal model; images representative of evaluation results.