Self-contained surgical tubing management system
US5464025A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 1995 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2050/318
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A self-contained surgical tubing management system whereby all of the required surgical handpiece(s) and power and fluid tubings, cables and connections are incorporated in a single disposable package. The tubing management system includes a sterile sheet or substrate that may cover either all or only a portion of the patient's body. Pockets may be formed in either end of the sheet to hold, at one end, any number or variety of surgical instruments, such as vitreous probes, infusion cannulas, aspiration lines, coagulating probes, etc., and, at the end opposite the instruments, a small coils of power and fluid lines. The various power and fluid lines needed to operated these instruments may be permanently or temporarily connected to the respective instruments and extend down the length of the sheet. These lines are attached to the sheet either continuously or at various points by any number of methods.
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