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Method for preventing clogging of a surgical aspirator

US4921476A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 2, 1988
Grant dateMay 1, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 2, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2017/320084
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The method of aspirating body tissue and blood from a surgical site along a suction passage having a suction port at an ultrasonically vibrated end of a tool for fragmenting the tissue at a surgical site is improved by introducing an irrigation fluid into the suction passage independently of the suction port.

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