Directed fluidics
AssigneeAuris Health, Inc.
InventorsJason Joseph Hsu, Ka Chun Wong, Rachel Leigh Chok, Joshua F. DeFonzo, Binh T. Nguyen, Vivian Thalia Nguyen, Rishi Nikhil Purohit, Joseph A. Urban, Jr.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for administering directed fluidics during a medical procedure for removing an object are disclosed. A method includes inserting first and second medical instruments into a treatment site, providing irrigation and aspiration of the treatment site through the first and second medical instruments, determining a characteristic of one of the irrigation and the aspiration, and selecting a characteristic of the other of the irrigation and aspiration based on the determined characteristic.
Claims20
A method of administering fluidics during a medical procedure, the method comprising:
- advancing a first medical instrument to a treatment site, the first medical instrument including a first fluid channel;
- advancing a second medical instrument to the treatment site, the second medical instrument including a second fluid channel;
- providing irrigation to the treatment site through the first fluid channel of the first medical instrument;
- providing aspiration from the treatment site through the second fluid channel of the second medical instrument;
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- holding an object between the first medical instrument and the second medical instrument using the irrigation provided through the first fluid channel and the aspiration provided by the second fluid channel.
A system for administering directed fluidics to an object, the system comprising:
- a first medical instrument including a first fluid channel;
- a second medical instrument including a second fluid channel;
- a fluidics control system comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
- provide fluid inflow to a treatment site through the first fluid channel of the first medical instrument;
- remove fluid outflow from the treatment site through the second fluid channel of the second medical instrument;
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- hold the object between the first medical instrument and the second medical instrument using the fluid inflow provided through the first fluid channel and the fluid outflow received from the second fluid channel.
A system for performing a medical procedure to hold an object, the system comprising:
- a first medical instrument including a first fluid channel and a pump coupled to the first fluid channel;
- a second medical instrument including a second fluid channel and a vacuum coupled to the second fluid channel;
- a sensor;
- a fluidics control system coupled to the vacuum and the pump, the fluidics control system comprising at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
- determine a characteristic of one of irrigation provided by the pump or aspiration provided by the vacuum using the sensor;
- control at least one of the pump or the vacuum based on the determined characteristic;
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- hold the object between the first medical instrument and the second medical instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.