US 2009/0288561 A1 · OPERATING ROOM SMOKE EVACUATOR WITH INTEGRATED VACUUM MOTOR AND FILTER

Abstract

A service head for use in connection with a medical procedure in an enclosure such as an operating room. In one aspect, a service head comprises a filter adapted to be punctured by a timing pin in connection with the determination and/or communication of filter life. In another aspect, a service head comprises and RFID tag and RFID reader in connection with the determination and/or communication of filter life. In another aspect, a service head comprises wireless communication components for communicating with a surgical assembly such as an ultrasonic surgical device, electrocautery device, insufflator, laser surgical instrument, camera, surgical light source or endoscopic device.

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Dependent claims

A service head for use in connection with a medical procedure, comprising:

a housing adapted for mounting within an enclosure such that said housing is suspended off the floor of said enclosure, said housing having a cavity adapted to receive a filter, and said cavity having a plurality of surfaces;
a timing pin extending into said cavity from a surface of said cavity;
a filter adapted to receive said timing pin, said filter having a predetermined filter life and said filter comprising a plurality of filter surfaces;
and
a timer for timing said filter life,
wherein at least a portion of one of said filter surfaces is configured so as to allow said timing pin to puncture said portion of said filter surface, and wherein said timer operates after said portion of said filter surface is punctured by said timing pin.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Operating room smoke evacuator with integrated vacuum motor and filter

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Operating room smoke evacuator with integrated vacuum motor and filter

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