Handpiece for surgical aspiration and irrigation device

A surgical device for performing aspiration and irrigation of body sites, such as operating sites and body cavities, comprising:

• (a) an elongated body intended to serve as a handle for an operator, said elongated body being curved at one of its ends and including:
• (i) at each of its ends, two through passages;
• (ii) two connecting lines connecting respectively said through passages, in such a way that each of said connecting lines connects one through passage at one end of said elongated body to a through passage at the other end of said elongated body;
• (iii) two selective control means, each mounted in said elongated body and capable of controlling the fluid circulation in said connecting lines;
• (iv) two actuating members for actuating respectively said selective control means, said actuating members being available to said operator on that side of said elongated body opposite the concavity of said elongated body;
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• (v) at each of its ends, a skirt surrounding the two corresponding through passages, said skirts being identical and projecting outward;
• (b) at least one first joining piece carrying a first tubular connector intended to be brought into communication with such a body side, said first joining piece being capable of being mounted at either one of the ends of said elongated body, in such a way that said first tubular connector is connected, in common and in a sealed manner, to the two through passages of the end on which said first joining piece is mounted;
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• (c) at least one second joining piece carrying second and third tubular connectors intended to be connected, respectively, to a source of irrigating liquid and to aspiration-means, said second joining piece being capable of being mounted at either one of the ends of said elongated body, in such a way that second and third tubular connectors are connected respectively in a sealed manner to the two through passages of the end on which said second joining piece is mounted, said second joining piece including respective continuations of said second and third tubular connectors projecting relative to the corresponding skirt, said continuations being capable of being introduced respectively into the two through passages of one end of said elongated body, wherein each of said first and second joining pieces also includes a skirt surrounding respectively said first and said second and third tubular connectors and being capable of engaging on one of said skirts of said elongated body,
• wherein said skirts of said elongated body and said skirts of said first and second joining pieces include cooperating locking means.