Continuous curve yankauer
AssigneeAllegiance Corporation
InventorsPaul M. DiPerna, Stephen R. Spehalski
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Abstract
The invention provides an improved yankauer used to aspirate body fluids during surgical procedures. It comprises a conventional hollow tip the back end of which is connected to flexible tubing which transports the aspirated body fluids. The section of the yankauer behind the hollow tip is a curved arm having a channel extending throughout its length which receives the flexible tubing. The other end of the curved arm is connected to a handle which also contains a channel which receivs the flexible tubing. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the channels in the curved arm and the handle are troughs.
Claims10
An improved yankauer for aspirating body fluids during surgical procedures consisting of:
- a) a hollow tip having at it's front end a body fluid receiving head;
- and at it's back end a body fluid delivery port and a bore connecting the receiving head with the delivery port;
- b) a uniformly curved arm having a trough extending substantially throughout its length which curved arm has one end connected to the body fluid delivery port and the other end connected to;
- c) a handle containing substantially throughout its length a channel which communicates with the channel of the curved arm;
- and,
- d) a flexible tube disposed within the trough of the curved arm and the channel of the handle and with the proximal end of the flexible tube being connected to the body fluid delivery port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.