Surgical smoke plume evacuation system
OwnerAlan G. Ellman, Jon C. Garitoinventors
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Abstract
Smoke evacuation apparatus designed to provide safe and efficient filtration and evacuation of smoke plume generated by laser-surgical, electrosurgical, radiosurgical, and electrocautery devices. A filter assembly is removably mounted on a front panel of the apparatus housing and is thus easily accessible from the front side which typically faces the user. The filter assembly at its front is provided with a hose connector to which the suction hose of the system is conveniently attached, and the front of the filter assembly is configured with a symbol, such as a letter or number, that represents an identification of the system supplier or manufacturer, and the hose connector is mounted on that symbol identifier.
Claims17
Apparatus for smoke or plume evacuation arising from operation of laser-surgical, electrosurgical, radiosurgical, and electrocautery devices, comprising:
- a) a housing having a front panel,
- b) a removable filter cartridge mounted inside the housing, the filter cartridge having a front panel accessible on the housing front panel and having an exposed air inlet at the housing front panel and an air outlet inside the housing, the filter cartridge being removable from the housing via the housing front panel,
- c) a motor in the housing and connected to the filter cartridge air outlet for forcing air at the air inlet to flow through the filter and to establish a suction at the air inlet,
- d) the filter cartridge air inlet being adapted to receive a removable vacuum hose whereby any air in the hose which may contain smoke or plume is forced through the filter when the apparatus is activated,
- e) the filter cartridge containing viral-trapping and odor-removing filter sections positioned such that the air from the air inlet is forced through said sections.
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