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SURGICAL ASPIRATING CANNULA

  • US 3,810,471 A
  • Filed: 03/22/1972
  • Issued: 05/14/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical aspirating or draining device comprising a first aspirating cannula, means connecting one end of said first cannula to a source of reduced pressure, the other end of said aspirating cannula being open to its environment at a surgical site, a second cannula fixed relative to the first cannula in substantially parallel relationship therewith, means connecting one end of the second cannula to a source of pressurized contamination-free gas at a pressure greater than the pressure of the environment of the open end of the first aspirating cannula, a plurality of outlets for the pressurized gas, at least one of the outlets being adjacent the zone of the surgical site of the open end of the first cannula whereby the zone of aspiration of said first aspirating cannula is bathed in gas issuing from said second cannula to thereby reduce introduction of contaminated particulate and gaseous matter into the surgical site.

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