# US 10,478,165 B2 · Multi-utility surgical instrument

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- Number: US 10,478,165 B2
- Document ID: US10478165B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/666,673
- Filed: 2017-08-02
- Published: 2017-11-16
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2016-04-15
- Assignees: Katalyst Surgical, LLC
- Applicants: Katalyst Surgical, LLC
- Inventors: Gregg D Scheller
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10478165B2

## CPC

- A61M 3/0254: {the liquid being pumped (by the patient's weight A61M3/0225)}
- A61B 1/018: for receiving instruments
- A61B 1/07: using light-conductive means, e.g. optical fibres
- A61B 17/00234: {for minimally invasive surgery (A61B17/0218, A61B17/0469, A61B17/12013, A61B17/1285, A61B17/29, A61B17/320016 take precedence)}
- A61B 17/29: Forceps for use in minimally invasive surgery
- A61B 17/295: combined with cutting implements
- A61B 17/30: Surgical pincettes, i.e. surgical tweezers {without pivotal connections (for holding suture needles or materials A61B17/0483)}
- A61B 17/3201: Scissors (for biopsy A61B10/02)
- A61B 90/70: Cleaning devices specially adapted for surgical instruments
- A61M 3/0266: {Stands, holders or storage means for irrigation devices (containers with storage means for cannula A61M3/0245)}
- A61M 5/14: Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor
- A61M 5/142: Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps
- A61M 5/168: Means for controlling media flow to the body or for metering media to the body, e.g. drip meters, counters
- A61M 5/31: Details
- A61B 2017/00292: {mounted on or guided by flexible, e.g. catheter-like, means}
- A61B 2017/00353: {one mechanical instrument performing multiple functions, e.g. cutting and grasping}
- A61B 2017/2926: {Details of heads or jaws}
- A61B 2017/305: {Tweezer like handles with tubular extensions, inner slidable actuating members and distal tools, e.g. microsurgical instruments}
- A61B 2217/005: with suction drainage system
- A61B 2217/007: with irrigation system
- A61M 5/315: Pistons; Piston-rods; Guiding, blocking or restricting the movement of the rod {or piston}; Appliances on the rod for facilitating dosing {; Dosing mechanisms}
- A61M 2005/1403: {Flushing or purging}
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)

## Abstract

A multi-utility surgical instrument may include a nosecone, a handle, a housing sleeve, an actuation facilitating sleeve, a piston tube, a hypodermic tube, and an end plug. The hypodermic tube may be disposed within the piston tube; the piston tube may be disposed within the actuation facilitating sleeve; the actuation facilitating sleeve may be disposed within the housing sleeve; the end plug may be disposed within a portion of the housing sleeve; the housing sleeve and the end plug may be disposed within the handle; the nose cone may be fixed to a distal end of the handle; and the hypodermic tube may be fixed to the nosecone.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An instrument comprising:
a handle having a handle distal end and a handle proximal end;
a nosecone having a nosecone distal end and a nosecone proximal end wherein the nosecone is connected to the handle;
a hypodermic tube having a hypodermic tube distal end and a hypodermic tube proximal end wherein the hypodermic tube proximal end is disposed in the nosecone;
an end plug having an end plug distal end and an end plug proximal end wherein the end plug is at least partially disposed in the handle; and
an interface taper of the end plug configured to interface with a syringe wherein the syringe is configured to flush a fluid through the instrument and expel the fluid from the hypodermic tube distal end.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The instrument of claim 1 wherein the interface taper is a luer taper.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The instrument of claim 1 further comprising:
an actuation facilitating sleeve having an actuation facilitating sleeve distal end and an actuation facilitating sleeve proximal end wherein the actuation facilitating sleeve is disposed in the handle.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The instrument of claim 3 wherein at least a portion of the actuation facilitating sleeve is manufactured from a non-crystalline material.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The instrument of claim 3 wherein at least a portion of the actuation facilitating sleeve is manufactured from glass.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The instrument of claim 3 wherein at least a portion of the actuation facilitating sleeve is manufactured from carbon.

### Claim 7 (depends on 3)

The instrument of claim 3 wherein at least a portion of the actuation facilitating sleeve is manufactured from a carbon allotrope.

### Claim 8 (depends on 3)

The instrument of claim 3 wherein at least a portion of the actuation facilitating sleeve is manufactured from graphite.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The instrument of claim 1 further comprising:
a piston tube having a piston tube distal end and a piston tube proximal end wherein the piston tube is disposed in the handle.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The instrument of claim 9 wherein at least a portion of the piston tube is manufactured from a non-crystalline material.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The instrument of claim 9 wherein at least a portion of the piston tube is manufactured from glass.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The instrument of claim 9 wherein at least a portion of the piston tube is manufactured from carbon.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The instrument of claim 9 wherein at least a portion of the piston tube is manufactured from a carbon allotrope.

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The instrument of claim 9 wherein at least a portion of the piston tube is manufactured from graphite.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The instrument of claim 1 wherein flushing the fluid through the instrument is configured to remove a biological material from an inner portion of the instrument.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The instrument of claim 1 further comprising:
an inner hypodermic tube having an inner hypodermic tube distal end and an inner hypodermic tube proximal end wherein the inner hypodermic tube is disposed in the handle.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

The instrument of claim 1 further comprising:
a surgical blank having a surgical blank distal end and a surgical blank proximal end wherein the surgical blank is disposed in the handle and the hypodermic tube.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The instrument of claim 17 wherein a compression of the handle is configured to extend the hypodermic tube relative to the surgical blank.

### Claim 19 (depends on 17)

The instrument of claim 17 wherein a decompression of the handle is configured to retract the hypodermic tube relative to the surgical blank.