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Tubing management manifold with tubing captures

  • US 6,585,683 B2
  • Filed: 09/19/2001
  • Issued: 07/01/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A tubing management manifold for a surgical instrument console for controlling fluidflow to and from a surgical instrument, the manifold comprising:

  • a housing having a front and opposing sides;

    openings, disposed in each of said opposing sides, for enabling tubing to be disposed therein and across the housing between said opposing sides;

    ports, disposed in the housing front, for enabling access to the tubing, disposed across the housing, in order to control fluidflow through the tubing; and

    an open sided tubing capture disposed on one of said opposing sides, aligned with one of said openings and extending outwardly from said housing, for grasping the tubing in order to prevent unwanted dislodgement of the tubing from said housing, said tubing capture including a first internal transverse flange having a bore therethrough of a diameter for enabling said tubing to pass therethrough and a slot in the first flange for enabling said tubing to be transversely urged into said bore, said slot having a width smaller than a tubing outside diameter; and

    a second internal transverse flange disposed at a spaced apart distance from the first flange, the second flange having a bore therethrough of a diameter for enabling said tubing to pass therethrough and a slot in the second flange for enabling said tubing to be transversely urged into the second flange bore, the second flange slot having a width smaller than the tubing diameter.

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