Surgical handpiece with quick-connection for irrigation and aspiration tubes

• US 20050245898A1
• Filed: 04/29/2004
• Published: 11/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated (Bausch Health Cos., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated (Bausch Health Cos., Inc.)
• Inventors: Travis, Lee William, Wright, David Walter
• Application Number:
  US10/834,633
• Publication Number:
  US 20050245898A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/533
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/774 Handpieces specially adapted for providing suction as well as irrigation, either simultaneously or independently
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/86 Connectors between drainage tube and handpiece, e.g. drainage tubes detachable from handpiece
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/10 Tube connectors; Tube couplings A61M39/02 takes precedence; connecting needles to syringes or hubs A61M5/34; connecting catheter tubes to hubs A61M25/0014

Abstract

A surgical handpiece 10 for connection to an irrigation tube 14 and an aspiration tube 16 includes a keyed body 12 attached to each of the irrigation tube 14 and the aspiration tube 16. The surgical handpiece 10 includes structure 18 formed in the housing 20 for mating connection to the keyed body 12.

Claims

1. A quick-connect device for connecting irrigation and aspiration tubes to a surgical handpiece comprising:

a keyed body attached to each of an irrigation tube and an aspiration tube; and

wherein the keyed body is to be attached to a mating structure on a surgical handpiece.

2. The invention of claim 1, wherein the keyed body may only be mated to the surgical handpiece in one orientation to ensure proper connection to the handpiece.

3. The invention of claim 1 further including a detent formed on the keyed body for providing a user with tactile feedback confirmation that the body is attached to the surgical handpiece.

4. A surgical handpiece for connection to irrigation and aspiration tubes comprising:

an elongated housing having a distal end and a proximal end;

a surgical device attached to the distal end for performing a surgical function; and

structured formed in the housing for mating connection to a keyed body attached to each of an irrigation tube and an aspiration tube.

5. The invention of claim 4, wherein the keyed body may only be mated to the surgical handpiece in one orientation to ensure proper connection to the handpiece.

6. The invention of claim 4 further including structure for receiving a detent on the keyed body.

7. A surgical handpiece system for connecting irrigation and aspiration tubes to the surgical handpiece comprising:

a keyed body attached to each of an irrigation tube and an aspiration tube;

an elongated surgical handpiece housing having a distal end and a proximal end;

a surgical device attached to the distal end for performing a surgical function; and

structure formed in the housing for mating connection to the keyed body thereby connecting the irrigation and aspiration tubes to the surgical handpiece.

8. The invention of claim 7, wherein the keyed body may only be mated to the surgical handpiece in one orientation to ensure proper connection to the handpiece.

9. The invention of claim 7 further including a detent formed on the keyed body for providing a user with tactile feedback confirmation that the body is attached to the surgical handpiece.