Smoke evacuation system for invasive surgical procedures

US9943355B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Surgiquest, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Carlos Babini · Town of West Hartford, US
• Dominick Mastri · Bridgeport, US
• Kenneth Blier · Cheshire, US
• Gregory Runner · Norwalk, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 17, 2018
• Expiry date: Jun 18, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01D2279/35
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A smoke evacuation system for an open surgical site is disclosed which includes a filter cartridge assembly including a housing having an inlet port, a flow path extending from the inlet port, and a filter element disposed within the flow path, a flexible conduit having a proximal end connected to the inlet port of the filter assembly, and a smoke evacuator configured for detachable connection to a distal end of the flexible conduit for drawing smoke away from the surgical site and into the filter assembly through the conduit.