Surgical smoke removing device
AssigneeNational Cheng Kung University
InventorsMing-Yeng LIN, Huann-Shyang LIN, Kun-Chan LAN, Yao-Lung KUO
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Abstract
The present invention provides a surgical smoke removing device, which includes a smoke removing apparatus adapted to be connected to an application apparatus. The smoke removing apparatus includes an air cleaner, a stage, and a controller. The air cleaner has an inlet to suck in air, and an outlet to blow out clean air. The stage is configured to move the outlet of the air cleaner, such that the outlet targets at an emission source and/or a breathing zone of a user. The controller is connected to the air cleaner and the stage.
Claims10
A surgical smoke removing device, comprising a smoke removing apparatus adapted to be connected to an application apparatus, the smoke removing apparatus including:
- a tracer configured to trace an emission source and/or a user's breathing zone, and obtain a sensed signal;
- an air cleaner configured to provide an air column or an air curtain, and having an inlet to suck air in and an outlet to blow clean air out;
- a stage configured to move the outlet of the air cleaner according to the tracer's sensed signal, such that the outlet targets at the emission source and/or the user's breathing zone;
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- a controller configured to control the smoke removing device and/or the application apparatus.
A surgical smoke removing method, comprising:
- turning on a surgical smoke removing device during a surgery process;
- wherein the surgical smoke removing device includes an application apparatus and a smoke removing apparatus;
- the smoke removing apparatus is connected to the application apparatus;
- the smoke removing apparatus includes a tracer, an air cleaner, a stage, and a controller;
- the controller is connected to the tracer, the air cleaner, and the stage;
- using the tracer to trace an emission source and/or a user's breathing zone, and obtain a sensed signal;
- using the stage to move the air cleaner according to the tracer's sensed signal, such that an outlet of the air cleaner targets at the emission source and/or the user's breathing zone and/or a target position;
- and
- using the air cleaner to blow purified air to and/or suck in polluted air from one or more of the following:
- (i) the emission source, (ii) the user's breathing zone, and/or (iii) the target position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.