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AssigneeAsalus Medical Instruments Limited
InventorsNeil Warren, Robin Crossley, Steven Brown, Andrew Cheer
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Disclosed is apparatus 100 for the reduction or removal of smoke particles suspended in a local atmosphere A and resulting from a surgical procedure, the apparatus including or comprising two electrodes 140 and 150 each in electrical communication with or being electrically connectable to opposite poles of a source of high voltage dc electricity. A first of the electrodes 140 may be electrically connectable to a patient P. and a second 150 may be positionable within or adjacent a patient such that the two electrodes, when in communication with opposite poles of said high voltage, ionise said particles in use, for attracting said particles toward the patient or toward the second of the electrodes.
Apparatus for the reduction or removal of particles suspended in a local atmosphere and resulting from a surgical procedure, the apparatus including or comprising two electrodes each in electrical communication with or being electrically connectable to opposite poles of a source of high voltage dc electricity, a first of the electrodes being electrically connectable to a patient, and a second being positionable within or adjacent a patient such that the two electrodes, when in communication with opposite poles of said high voltage, ionise said particles in use, for attracting said particles toward the patient or toward the second of the electrodes.
A method of reducing or removing particles suspended in a local atmosphere, during and/or after surgical procedures, the method comprising the steps in any suitable order, of:
The reduction or removal of particles suspended in a local atmosphere and resulting from a surgical procedure, by means of ionising said particles in sufficient quantities to cause at least a majority of said particles to be removed or moved from the atmosphere, wherein a potential difference is employed to generate an ionising electron stream and a path for conveying that potential difference includes the body of a patient.
A method of reducing or removing particles suspended in a local atmosphere, during and/or after surgical procedures, the method comprising the steps in any suitable order, of:
The use of ionising radiation for the removal or reduction of particles suspended in a local atmosphere and resulting from a surgical procedure.
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