Title:
SURGICAL TOOL WITH FLUID CONTROL PATHWAYS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/025977
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Surgical tools are provided herein that are configured to apply suction and irrigation at a surgical site during the course of a surgical procedure. A surgical tool can include a handle that has a suction flow path configured to provide suction therethrough and an irrigation flow path configured to provide irrigation therethrough. The suction flow path and the irrigation flow path can share a common path along at least partial lengths thereof. An elongate shaft can extend distally from the handle and can have an inner lumen that is in communication with the suction flow path and the irrigation flow path. The inner lumen can thus be configured to provide suction from the suction flow path to a surgical site to remove matter therefrom and to provide irrigation from the irrigation flow path to the surgical site to provide fluid thereto.
Inventors:
NOBIS RUDOLPH H (US)
MINNELLI PATRICK J (US)
MONTGOMERY KEVIN M (US)
MINNELLI PATRICK J (US)
MONTGOMERY KEVIN M (US)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2018/055738
Publication Date:
March 14, 2019
Filing Date:
July 31, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ETHICON LLC (US)
International Classes:
A61M1/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1994008525A1 | 1994-04-28 |
Foreign References:
| US5395312A | 1995-03-07 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SHIRTZ, Joseph F. et al. (US)
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