FLUID HANDLING ASSEMBLY AND RELATED TUBE SET AND METHOD FOR USE IN SURGICAL PROCEDURES

• US 20200129677A1
• Filed: 10/24/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Misonix OPCO LLC
• Original Assignee: Misonix Incorporated (Smith & Nephew PLC)
• Inventors: PAYNE, TIMOTHY JOHN, CONWAY, SCOTT LaVOY, MAYERCHECK, ROBERT PAUL
• Granted Patent: US 11,007,308 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/125 using fluid circuits
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00011 with fluids
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2218/001 having means for irrigation and/or aspiration of substances to and/or from the surgical site A61B2018/00029 and A61B2018/1472 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/77 Suction-irrigation systems aspiration tips supplying fluids A61M1/85; specific for negative pressure wound therapy A61M1/92; combined with tracheal tubes A61M16/0463
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/80 Suction pumps A61M1/64, A61M1/71, A61M60/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3331 Pressure; Flow
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 3/0258 by means of electric pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/281 Automatic tube cut-off devices, e.g. squeezing tube on detection of air
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14228 with linear peristaltic action, i.e. comprising at least three pressurising members or a helical member
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 43/1292 Pumps specially adapted for several tubular flexible members

Abstract

A fluid handling system for a surgical procedure includes a console and a tubing set. The console exhibits a peristaltic pump, a pinch valve, one above the other. Two recessed seats are located to the left and right sides of the pump and valve. The tubing set includes an irrigation tube and an aspiration tube each coupled to a pair of magnetic disks disposable in respective ones of the recessed seats. Upon such disposition, the irrigation tube is disposable in operative engagement with the peristaltic pump and the aspiration tube is insertable into a slot of the pinch valve.

Claims

1. A fluid handling system for a surgical treatment, comprising:

a console and a tubing set, said console including;

a housing having a panel;

a peristaltic pump mounted to said housing and extending outwardly from said panel, said pump including a roller set and an anvil each movable relative to said panel;

a pinch valve mounted to said housing, said pinch valve having a slot or gap between two jaws movable relative to one another, said peristaltic pump and said pinch valve being spaced along a line from one another; and

a first seat and a second seat on said panel on opposite sides of said line,

said tubing set including;

an irrigation tube;

an aspiration tube;

a first attachment element; and

a second attachment element, said first attachment element being seatable in said first seat and said second attachment element being seatable in said second seat, said irrigation tube and said aspiration tube each being coupled to both said first attachment element and said second attachment element so that said irrigation tube and said aspiration tube extend in spaced relation to one another between said first attachment element and said second attachment element upon seating of said first attachment element in said first seat and seating of said second attachment element in said second seat, said irrigation tube being disposable in operative engagement with said roller set and said anvil and said aspiration tube being insertable into said slot or gap upon seating of said first attachment element in said first seat and seating of said second attachment element in said second seat.

2. The fluid handling system defined in claim 1 wherein said console further comprises first coupling elements at said first seat and said second seat and wherein said first attachment element and said second attachment element include second coupling elements that cooperate with respective ones of said first coupling elements to releasably fasten said first attachment element and said second attachment element to said panel at said first seat and said second seat, respectively.

3. The fluid handling system defined in claim 2 wherein said first attachment element and said second attachment element are disks of different sizes, said first seat and said second seat having different sizes congruent with respective ones of said disks.

4. The fluid handling system defined in claim 3 wherein said disks are provided on one side with finger grips.

5. The fluid handling system defined in claim 2 wherein said first coupling elements and said second coupling elements include magnets.

6. The fluid handling system defined in claim 1 wherein said console further includes a plurality of indicators that signal successful seating of said first attachment element and said second attachment element in said first seat and said second seat, respectively, and successful placement of said irrigation tube between said roller set and said anvil of said peristaltic pump.

7. The fluid handling system defined in claim 6 wherein said indicators are lights.

8. The fluid handling system defined in claim 1 wherein said console further includes an air bubble detector at said second seat, said air bubble detector being located to be juxtaposed to said irrigation tube upon seating of said second attachment element in said second seat.

9. The fluid handling system defined in claim 8 wherein said air bubble detector is an ultrasound sensor.

10. The fluid handling system defined in claim 1 wherein said seats are recesses or different geometries in said panel, said first attachment element and said second attachment element having geometries corresponding to the geometries of respective ones of said recesses.

11. The fluid handling system defined in claim 1 wherein said panel is a side panel of said housing, said peristaltic pump and said pinch valve being located vertically one above the other.

12. A fluid handling tubing set for use in surgical interventions, said tubing set utilizable with a console including:

a housing having a panel;

a peristaltic pump mounted to said housing and extending outwardly from said panel, said pump including a roller set and an anvil movably attached to said panel;

a pinch valve mounted to said housing, said pinch valve having a slot or gap between two jaws movable relative to one another, said peristaltic pump and said pinch valve being spaced along a line from one another; and

a first seat and a second seat on said panel on opposite sides of said line,

said tubing set including;

an irrigation tube;

an aspiration tube;

a first attachment element; and

a second attachment element, said irrigation tube and said aspiration tube each being coupled to both said first attachment element and said second attachment element so that said irrigation tube and said aspiration tube extend in spaced relation to one another between said first attachment element and said second attachment element, said first attachment element being seatable in said first seat and said second attachment element being seatable in said second seat, said irrigation tube being disposable in operative engagement with said roller set and said anvil and said aspiration tube being insertable into said slot or gap upon seating of said first attachment element in said first seat and seating of said second attachment element in said second seat.

13. The tubing set defined in claim 12 wherein said first attachment element and said second attachment element include coupling elements that cooperate with respective coupling elements on said console to releasably fasten said first attachment element and said second attachment element to said panel at said first seat and said second seat, respectively.

14. The tubing set defined in claim 13 wherein said coupling elements include magnets.

15. The tubing set defined in claim 13 wherein said first attachment element and said second attachment element are disks of different sizes.

16. The tubing set defined in claim 12 wherein said first attachment element and said second attachment element have different geometries.

17. A tubing set for carrying fluids in a surgical procedure, comprising:

a first tube;

a second tube;

a first attachment element; and

a second attachment element, said first tube and said second tube each being coupled to both said first attachment element and said second attachment element so that said first tube and said second tube extend in spaced relation to one another between said first attachment element and said second attachment element when said first attachment element and said second attachment element are spaced from one another, said first attachment element and said second attachment element having different geometries.

18. The tubing set defined in claim 17 wherein said first attachment element and said second attachment element include coupling elements for quick-release securing of said first attachment element and said second attachment element to a device.

19. The tubing set defined in claim 18 wherein said coupling elements include magnets.

20. The tubing set defined in claim 17 wherein said first attachment element and said second attachment element are disks of different sizes.

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