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Medical irrigation device

US4282873A · kind A · utility

21Cited by
4References
5Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 3, 1980
Grant dateAug 11, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 3, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2210/1085
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical irrigation device includes means for connecting a bulb-type syringe to a cannula such as a resectoscope so that fluid may be circulated therethrough in either direction and selectively either by a direct path therebetween or by a circuitous path including a specimen collecting receptacle whereby lavage may be accomplished with rapid reversal of fluid flow direction yet with periodic removal of particulate matter from the circulating fluid.

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