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US 10,537,336 B2Granted
Electromechanical slider valve suction controller
AssigneeGyrus ACMI, Inc.
InventorsSaeed A. Merza, Joey Magno, David C. Church
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a fluid management assembly. The fluid management assembly includes a handpiece, a slider based fluid control mechanism, and a fluid occluding member. The slider based fluid control mechanism housed in the handpiece. The fluid occluding member is configured to be in communication with the fluid control mechanism. The fluid occluding member being separate from the handpiece.
Claims15
A fluid management assembly comprising:
- a handpiece;
- a slider based fluid control mechanism housed in the handpiece;
- the handpiece having a suction cannula, a coupling, and a drive shaft, wherein the coupling is connected to the driveshaft by a gear therebetween, and wherein the handpiece is configured such that the coupling is between an attachment and the suction cannula when the attachment is attached to the handpiece;
- and
- a fluid occluding member configured to be in communication with the fluid control mechanism;
- the fluid occluding member being separate from the handpiece.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a handpiece;
- connecting a slider based fluid control mechanism to the handpiece;
- the handpiece having a suction cannula, a coupling, and a drive shaft, wherein the coupling is connected to the driveshaft by a gear therebetween, and wherein the handpiece is configured such that the coupling is between an attachment and the suction cannula when the attachment is attached to the handpiece;
- and
- providing a fluid occluding member configured to be in communication with the fluid control mechanism, wherein the fluid occluding member is separate from the handpiece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.