Filter cartridge with internal gaseous seal for multimodal surgical gas delivery system having a smoke evacuation mode
US9387295B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D51/10
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A system is disclosed for delivering gas during a laparoscopic surgical procedure performed within a patient's abdominal cavity requiring smoke evacuation which includes a gas delivery device having a housing with a port for receiving pressurized insufflating gas from a gas source, a pump assembly for circulating gas throughout the system, and a disposable gas conditioning unit or filter cartridge configured for operative association with the gas delivery device.
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