Bladeless trocars

Step™ access system

Bladeless trocars

Step™ access system

The Step™ access system is intended for abdominal and thoracic procedures and offers dilatation access to cavities for diagnostic and operative purposes.

Description

The Step™ access system incorporates Step™ radial dilation technology with a truly bladeless obturator. The defect size from radially dilating trocars has been shown to be smaller than bladed trocars.†,‡,§,1

Ordering information

Item number Description Units per box
S100712 Short, 12 mm cannula and dilator with radially expandable sleeve and 12–15 mm reducer 10
S100710 Short, 10 mm cannula and dilator with radially expandable sleeve and 5–10 mm reducer 10
S100705 Short, 5 mm cannula and dilator with radially expandable sleeve 10
S100700 Short, radially expandable sleeve 10
S101012 12 mm cannula and dilator with radially expandable sleeve and 12–15 mm reducer 10
S101010 10 mm cannula and dilator with radially expandable sleeve and 5–10 mm reducer 10
S101005 5 mm cannula and dilator with radially expandable sleeve 10
S101000 Radially expandable sleeve 10

Measured defect size of 5.4 × 3.8 mm was significantly smaller than linear bladed trocars (10.5 × 6.1 mm, P < .001).
Functional defect size as measured by bead technique of 13.12 ± 0.35 mm was significantly smaller than linear bladed trocars (14.12 ± 0.64 mm, P < .001).
§ Animal data is not necessarily indicative of human clinical outcomes.


  1. Shafer DM, Khajanchee Y, Wong J, Swanström LL. Comparison of five different abdominal access trocar systems: analysis of insertion force, removal force, and defect size. Surg Innov. 2006;13(3):183–189.