Suction and directional irrigation apparatus
US6969368B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 2, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 2, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M3/0283
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A hand-held directional irrigation tube and a suction tube surgical instrument includes a finger or thumb operated aperture on the suction tube communicating with the lumen thereof that serves to selectively by-pass and connect the suction pump with the surgical site and the irrigation tube being removably supported in a sleeve attached to the suction tube that includes a gear-like member having circumferentially spaced valleys or slots attached to the sleeve cooperating with a projection attached to the irrigation tube so that the surgeon can slide the irrigation tube to disengage the projection and rotate it and re-insert it into another slot in the gear-like member to re-direct the spray of irrigation fluid egressing from the irrigation tube to different locations in the surgical site.
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