Surgical suction irrigator
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1. A surgical suction irrigation handpiece comprising:
- a housing shell of rounded elongate shape having a first end, a second end, a first elongate wall extending between and rounded into said ends, said first elongate wall having a convexly rounded part adjacent said first end and a transverse groove between and rounded into said second end and said convexly rounded part, said shell further having a second elongate wall opposite said first elongate wall and extending between said ends;
an elongate conduit extending beyond said first end of said shell and integrally fixed with respect to said shell adjacent a length edge of said second elongate wall;
at least one fluid tube extending away from said shell adjacent said second end;
manual valve actuators facing out from and spaced along said elongate second wall adjacent said conduit and including a first said valve actuator located substantially opposite and facing away from said convexly rounded part of said first elongate wall and a second said manual valve actuator located substantially opposite to said transverse groove in such first elongate wall.
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Abstract
A surgical fluid flow handpiece provides a range of relatively low flow rates with relatively fine manual control in selecting a flow rate in such relatively low range, and also provides for manual selection of a relatively high flow rate namely a flow rate well above such range. The handpiece is shaped to complement the shape of a user'"'"'s hand.
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1. A surgical suction irrigation handpiece comprising:
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a housing shell of rounded elongate shape having a first end, a second end, a first elongate wall extending between and rounded into said ends, said first elongate wall having a convexly rounded part adjacent said first end and a transverse groove between and rounded into said second end and said convexly rounded part, said shell further having a second elongate wall opposite said first elongate wall and extending between said ends;
an elongate conduit extending beyond said first end of said shell and integrally fixed with respect to said shell adjacent a length edge of said second elongate wall;
at least one fluid tube extending away from said shell adjacent said second end;
manual valve actuators facing out from and spaced along said elongate second wall adjacent said conduit and including a first said valve actuator located substantially opposite and facing away from said convexly rounded part of said first elongate wall and a second said manual valve actuator located substantially opposite to said transverse groove in such first elongate wall. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A surgical suction irrigation handpiece, comprising:
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a housing including a fluid flow passage and a valve barrel transversely interposed in said fluid flow passage, said fluid flow passage opening into said valve barrel, said valve barrel having an open end and a closed end, a structure in said closed end including a transverse slot;
a valve body coaxially reciprocable in said valve barrel, said valve body having a transverse through passage, said valve body having a springy leg slidable axially in and held against rotation by said transverse slot to prevent said valve body from rotating in said valve barrel, said leg having a foot and resiliently holding said foot trapped under an edge of said transverse slot to prevent escape of said valve body from said valve barrel open end. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A surgical fluid flow controlling handpiece having a range of relatively low flow rates and a relatively high flow rate, comprising:
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a housing having a fluid flow passage therethrough;
first flow control means on said housing and displaceable through a range of positions to change the flow rate through said fluid flow passage over a range of relatively low flow rates;
second flow control means on said housing and associated with said first means and operable, with said first means at a given location in its said range of positions, to provide a relatively high flow rate. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A surgical fluid flow handpiece comprising:
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a housing having a fluid through passage;
a valve barrel interposed in said fluid through passage;
a leak control sleeve rotatable in said valve barrel, said sleeve having a peripheral wall and a window through part of said peripheral wall, said sleeve having at least one circumferential position communicating said window and housing fluid through passage;
a valve member axially displaceable in said sleeve and having a substantially closed position;
a seal spool on said valve member and having an axially extending, radially protruding rib, said seal spool sharing a common radial plane of said valve barrel with said housing fluid through passage and sleeve window with said valve member in said closed position;
said sleeve having a closed circumferential position sealing said sleeve peripheral wall against said seal spool axial rib and thereby blocking flow through said housing fluid through passage, said sleeve having a substantially fully open circumferential position opposing said seal spool rib to a circumferentially intermediate part of said window and thus opening a flow path (1) circumferentially through said window and (2) around said rib and (3) between parts of said housing fluid through passage separated by said valve barrel, said window having axially spaced substantially parallel circumferentially extending edges and a circumferential end portion in which said circumferentially extending edges converge and form a circumferentially elongated, tapered indent, such that successive increments of circumferential opening of said sleeve, from said closed circumferential position toward said fully open circumferential position, include (1) an axially narrow flow opening past said axial rib and (2) successive incrementally axially wider flow openings, to facilitate precise selection of flow rate in a relatively narrow band of flow rates at the low end of the range of flow rates permitted by relative positioning of said rib with respect to said window. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A surgical fluid flow apparatus comprising:
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a housing having a fluid flow path therethrough;
a first valve structure in said fluid flow path and having a first variable size valve opening;
a first variable manual control member operatively connected to said variable size valve opening, said first valve structure including a valve member movable in said housing along a path across a portion of said fluid flow path to vary the size of said variable size valve opening, said valve member having positions on said path corresponding to a (1) fully closed position, (2) a range of partially closed positions and (3) a substantially fully open position;
a switch actuating member movable on said housing and operatively fixed with respect to said valve member for movement therewith;
a switch fixed with respect to said housing along the path of movement of said switch actuating member and having an electric current flow condition corresponding to said valve member positions from intermediate in said range to said fully open position and an electric current blocking condition corresponding to said valve member fully closed position and to said position intermediate in said range of partially closed positions. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A surgical fluid flow apparatus comprising a handpiece;
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a gravity liquid supply;
a pump unit operatively connecting said gravity liquid supply to said handpiece, said pump having an off condition in which it is a conduit to supply liquid at gravity pressure to said handpiece, said pump unit having an on condition in which it adds further pressure to said liquid and thus supplies liquid to said handpiece at higher than gravity pressure;
a valve structure in said handpiece controlling liquid flow through said handpiece to a surgical site, said valve structure including a pump on/pump off control operatively connected to said pump unit, said valve structure having partially and fully closed positions corresponding to said off condition of said pump unit and to gravitational pressure liquid applied to said handpiece, said valve structure having partially and full open positions corresponding to said on condition of said pump unit and to greater than gravitational liquid pressure in said handpiece. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A surgical fluid flow controlling handpiece comprising:
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a housing having a fluid flow passage with a surgical site opposable port;
an irrigation liquid connection to said housing and an irrigation valve between said irrigation connection and said fluid flow passage, said irrigation valve having an open position communicating said irrigation connection to said said fluid flow passage;
a suction connection to said housing and a suction valve between said suction connection and said fluid flow passage, said suction valve having an open position communicating said suction connection to said fluid flow passage;
a member associated with said suction valve and having a position corresponding to a limited suction flow between said suction connection and fluid flow passage.
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