Suction device with irrigation
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson
InventorsHiroyasu Kamiyama, Nobuhiro Kagaminuma, Hidetoshi Kashiwazaki
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Abstract
A suction device with an irrigation function exhibits reduced occurrence of jamming and can be easily manipulated. A flexible tube 21 is removably connected to a flexible tube connection 22 of a suction device body 20. A suction path 25 is substantially straightly aligned with the flexible tube connection 22. An irrigation path 27 is formed as a branch path of the suction path 25. When a rotation lever 31 is not pressed, the suction path 25 communicates with the flexible tube 21. As the lever 31 is pressed, the communication is disconnected and the irrigation path 27 begins to communicate with the flexible tube 21 through a zero point state.
Claims6
A suction device with an irrigation function, comprising;
- a suction device body,
- suction and irrigation tubes connected to the suction device body,
- a flexible tube having proximal and distal ends, the proximal end connected to the suction device body, and the distal end extending toward a surgical site, and
- a switch mechanism in the suction device body for switching communication between the flexible tube and the suction tube, and communication between the flexible tube and the irrigation tube;
- the suction device being characterized in that the suction tube is substantially straightly aligned with the flexible tube through inside of the suction device body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.