Apparatus and system for reducing vaccum pump noise

A system for use during a surgical procedure, the system comprising:

• a vacuum pump assembly;
• a first housing defining a first cavity configured to receive the vacuum pump assembly therein;
• a second housing defining a second cavity configured to receive the first housing therein;
• a first silencer or tubular magnet configured to couple to the first housing and having a longitudinal extent along a longitudinal axis, wherein the first silencer or tubular magnet is screwed into a first aperture in the first housing with a first threaded section located at a first longitudinal end portion, wherein the first silencer or tubular magnet when coupled to the first housing extends outward from the first housing within the second cavity along the longitudinal axis, and wherein the first silencer or tubular magnet is contacted only at the first longitudinal end portion thereof;
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• a second silencer configured to couple to the second housing and having a longitudinal extent along a longitudinal axis, wherein the second silencer is screwed into a second aperture in the second housing with a second threaded section located at a second longitudinal end portion, wherein the second silencer, when coupled to the second housing, extends inward from the second housing toward the first silencer or tubular magnet within the second cavity, wherein the second silencer is contacted only at the second longitudinal end portion thereof, and wherein the longitudinal axis of the first silencer or tubular magnet is substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the second silencer when the first silencer or tubular magnet is coupled to the first housing and the second silencer is coupled to the second housing.

A method for reducing noise during a surgical procedure, the noise resulting from operation of a vacuum pump, the method comprising:

• positioning an assembly including the vacuum pump within a surgical suite, the assembly comprising:
• a first housing having a cavity receiving the vacuum pump;
• a first silencer or tubular magnet mounted to the first housing only at a first end portion thereof, a second housing having a second cavity receiving the first housing, wherein the first housing is mounted within the second housing by a plurality of mounts configured to couple the first housing to the second housing, wherein the plurality of mounts are positioned on a first side of the first housing and on a second opposing side of the first housing;
• and a second silencer mounted to the second housing only at a second end portion thereof and extending with a longitudinal axis positioned substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the first silencer or the tubular magnet, wherein the second silencer extends from the second end portion toward the first silencer;
• wherein the first silencer or tubular magnet is contacted only at the first end portion and the second silencer is contacted only at the second end portion such that the first silencer or tubular magnet and the second silencer freely extend within the second cavity.