US 10,537,402 B2Granted

Surgical cleaning tool, system, and method

AssigneeThe Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma

InventorsNilesh Vasan, Michael Petri, Andrew Stewart, Patrick Stevens, Rannyu Ngoran, Jonathan Schick, Derrick Jones

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Abstract

A surgical cleaning tool and method of cleaning a surgical tool. The surgical cleaning tool includes a shaft, a handle and an end portion. The shaft has a distal end and a proximal end. The handle is attached to the distal end of the shaft The end portion is connected to the proximal end of the shaft, wherein the end portion has an outer surface, an inner cavity, an inner surface, at least one cleaning element connected to at least a portion of the inner surface, and an opening in a wall portion of the end portion, wherein the opening allows access to the cleaning element in the inner cavity of the end portion.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A surgical cleaning tool, comprising:

a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end;
a handle attached to the distal end of the shaft;
an end portion connected to the proximal end of the shaft, wherein the end portion has an outer surface, an inner cavity, an inner surface, at least one cleaning element connected to at least a portion of the inner surface, and an opening in a wall portion of the end portion, wherein the opening is along the length of the wall portion and wherein the opening allows access through the wall portion to the at least one cleaning element in the inner cavity of the end portion;
a hinge mechanism positioned between the end portion and the proximal end of the shaft;
and
a trigger mechanism in the handle, wherein the trigger mechanism enables actuation of movement of the hinge mechanism by a user to effect a change in an angle of the end portion in relation to the shaft;
and wherein the cleaning tool is independent of a surgical instrument.

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A method of cleaning a surgical tool, comprising:

providing a cleaning tool, the cleaning tool comprising:
a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end;
a handle attached to the distal end of the shaft;
and
an end portion connected to the proximal end of the shaft, wherein the end portion has an outer surface, an inner cavity, an inner surface, at least one cleaning element connected to at least a portion of the inner surface, and an opening in a wall portion of the end portion, wherein the opening is along the length of the wall portion and wherein the opening allows access through the wall portion to the at least one cleaning element in the inner cavity of the end portion;
positioning at least the end portion of the cleaning tool within a body cavity of a patient undergoing a surgical procedure;
and
causing a surgical tool in the body cavity to engage the end portion of the cleaning tool, wherein at least a portion of the surgical tool is inserted into the opening of the end portion of the cleaning tool, and wherein the surgical tool is rubbed and/or scraped against the at least one cleaning element of the end portion of the cleaning tool to remove charred tissue from the surgical tool while the surgical tool is within the body cavity;
and wherein the cleaning tool is independent of the surgical tool.

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A method of cleaning a surgical tool, comprising:

providing a cleaning tool, the cleaning tool comprising:
a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end;
a handle attached to the distal end of the shaft;
an end portion connected to the proximal end of the shaft, wherein the end portion has an outer surface, an inner cavity, an inner surface, at least one cleaning element connected to at least a portion of the inner surface, and an opening in a wall portion of the end portion, wherein the opening allows access to the at least one cleaning element in the inner cavity of the end portion;
and
a conduit for providing a cooling solution to the at least one cleaning element during use;
positioning at least the end portion of the cleaning tool within a body cavity of a patient undergoing a surgical procedure;
causing a surgical tool in the body cavity to engage the end portion of the cleaning tool, wherein at least a portion of the surgical tool is inserted into the opening of the end portion of the cleaning tool, and wherein the surgical tool is rubbed and/or scraped against the at least one cleaning element of the end portion of the cleaning tool to remove charred tissue from the surgical tool while the surgical tool is within the body cavity, and wherein the cleaning tool is independent of the surgical tool;
and
providing the cooling solution via the conduit to the at least one cleaning element.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/529,416Filed 24 Nov 2015 · us provisional application
Priority: 24 Nov 2014
Published: US 2017/0354476 A114 Dec 2017
Granted: 21 Jan 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

A61B 90/70
Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00,…
A61B 17/00234
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for minimally invasive surgery
A61B 18/00
Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to
A61B 34/30
Computer-aided surgery; Manipulators or robots specially adapted for use in surgery: surgical robots