Lighting device for handheld surgical instrument with smoke evacuation system
AssigneePathy Medical, LLC
InventorsVinod V. Pathy, Gennady Kleyman
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Abstract
A lighting device for attachment to a handheld electrosurgical instrument is disclosed, which includes an elongated housing having opposed proximal and distal end portions and defining an interior chamber containing a battery powered light assembly for illuminating a surgical site, the housing having at least one smoke evacuation passage that extends from an inlet located adjacent to or near the distal end portion of the housing to an outlet located adjacent to or near the proximal end portion of the housing for removing smoke generated at the surgical site.
Claims18
A kit for performing a surgical procedure comprising:
- a) a packaging enclosure;
- b) a battery powered lighting device contained within the packaging enclosure configured for attachment to a handheld surgical instrument;
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- c) a smoke evacuation nozzle assembly contained within the packaging enclosure configured for attachment to the lighting device,
- wherein the smoke evacuation nozzle assembly and battery powered lighting device are configured for attachment in a plurality of discrete locations, the plurality of discrete locations including at least two opposing sides of the lighting device.
A kit for performing a surgical procedure comprising:
- a) a packaging enclosure;
- b) a handheld surgical instrument;
- c) a battery powered lighting device contained within the packaging enclosure configured for attachment to the handheld surgical instrument, the battery powered lighting device including a housing;
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- d) a smoke evacuation nozzle assembly contained within the packaging enclosure configured for attachment to an outside of the lighting device such that with the smoke evacuation nozzle attached to the lighting device, the smoke evacuation nozzle extends from an inlet nozzle proximate a distal end portion of the housing and along the housing to a smoke evacuation tube located near a proximal end portion of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.