Bone cleaning and drying system
First Claim
1. A bone cleaning and drying system for use during joint replacement surgery and other types of surgery to remove and collect the air, blood, fluids, fat, marrow, tissue and bone debris from the cavities of the bone, comprising in combination:
- a) a handpiece having a gas control valve, a suction control valve, a gas supply hose to a gas supply source of a compressed gas, and means to attach the suction control valve to a vacuum source;
b) said gas control valve connected to an applicator for carrying the compressed gas to the cavity of the bone;
c) said applicator having a applicator shaft whose proximal end is connected to the handpiece and whose distal end terminates in a applicator nozzle;
d) said applicator nozzle having a slit on the side of the applicator shaft, said slit angled to the axis of the applicator shaft, to direct the compressed gas exiting the applicator nozzle in a reversed flow direction;
e) surrounding the proximal end of the applicator shaft, a hollow deflector shield onto which the entrained material from the cavities of the bone are directed when the applicator nozzle is inserted into said cavities, and compressed gas is discharged through the slit;
f) the distal surface of said hollow deflector shield having a plurality of apertures;
g) the interior of the hollow deflector shield connected through a flexible suction hose to said suction control valve and to a vacuum source;
WHEREBY the cavity of the bone and the openings in the surrounding cancellous bone are cleaned emptied and dried during the surgery, and air, blood, fluids, fat, marrow, tissue and bone debris from the cavities of the bone are entrained within the suction system for removal, prior to the insertion of the bone cement and the prosthetic implant.
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Abstract
A bone cleaning and drying system for cleaning drying and emptying bones during joint replacement surgery, which includes an applicator for applying compressed gas, namely carbon dioxide, to the intramedullary canal and the cancellous bone, with an applicator nozzle at the distal end, the applicator nozzle having a plurality of end discharge slits and a plurality of angled side discharge slits to provide reverse flow, which provides a pressure gradient from the distal end to the proximal end, which aspirates and directs the entrained air, blood, fluids, fat, marrow, tissue and bone debris onto a drape or a hollow deflector shield surrounding the applicator, the front surface of the hollow deflector shield being apertured to allow the entrained materials to pass therethrough, the interior of the hollow deflector shield being connected to a flexible suction hose, and replaces room air with carbon dioxide in bone.
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7 Claims
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1. A bone cleaning and drying system for use during joint replacement surgery and other types of surgery to remove and collect the air, blood, fluids, fat, marrow, tissue and bone debris from the cavities of the bone, comprising in combination:
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a) a handpiece having a gas control valve, a suction control valve, a gas supply hose to a gas supply source of a compressed gas, and means to attach the suction control valve to a vacuum source; b) said gas control valve connected to an applicator for carrying the compressed gas to the cavity of the bone; c) said applicator having a applicator shaft whose proximal end is connected to the handpiece and whose distal end terminates in a applicator nozzle; d) said applicator nozzle having a slit on the side of the applicator shaft, said slit angled to the axis of the applicator shaft, to direct the compressed gas exiting the applicator nozzle in a reversed flow direction; e) surrounding the proximal end of the applicator shaft, a hollow deflector shield onto which the entrained material from the cavities of the bone are directed when the applicator nozzle is inserted into said cavities, and compressed gas is discharged through the slit; f) the distal surface of said hollow deflector shield having a plurality of apertures; g) the interior of the hollow deflector shield connected through a flexible suction hose to said suction control valve and to a vacuum source; WHEREBY the cavity of the bone and the openings in the surrounding cancellous bone are cleaned emptied and dried during the surgery, and air, blood, fluids, fat, marrow, tissue and bone debris from the cavities of the bone are entrained within the suction system for removal, prior to the insertion of the bone cement and the prosthetic implant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. The method of cleaning, emptying and drying the intramedullary canal and cancellous bone, during joint replacement surgery, including means for introducing compressed gas into the base of the cavity in a reversed flow direction and means adjacent the opening of the wound to collect and remove air, blood, fluids, fat, marrow, tissue and bone debris entrained in the stream of compressed gas exiting the cavity in a reversed flow direction.
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