US 7,597,731 B2 · Operating room smoke evacuator with integrated vacuum motor and filter

Abstract

The present invention broadly comprises a multiport filter having at least three intake ports and at least two layers—a first layer for containing particles 3 microns or greater and a second layer that contains particles 3 microns or less in size. In alternate embodiments, the filter includes a third layer for trapping odors and gases and a fourth layer for trapping fines. The second layer may be comprised of ULPA material and may have antimicrobial material. The invention also includes a contaminant removal system for the filtering and recirculation of air contaminated with smoke from cautery-type surgical procedures. The invention also broadly comprises a surgical assemblies control service head designed to house powered surgical devices and a vacuum-filtering system for the treatment of air contamination caused by surgical procedures.

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Dependent claims

A system for evacuating suspended particles from a fluid stream comprising:

(a) a service head having a housing adapted for mounting within an enclosure such that said service head is suspended off the floor of said enclosure, said housing having a plurality of housing surfaces;
(b) a housing surface defining a surgical assembly cavity adapted to receive an electrically-powered surgical assembly;
(c) said housing surface further defining a surgical gas cavity adapted to receive a surgical gas module for controlling the flow of surgical gas;
(d) a filter mounted within said housing, said filter having an intake port adapted to receive an intake device;
(e) an electrically-powered surgical assembly in said surgical assembly cavity;
and
(f) a surgical gas module in said surgical gas cavity.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Operating room smoke evacuator with integrated vacuum motor and filter

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Operating room smoke evacuator with integrated vacuum motor and filter

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Abstract

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