Fluid chamber
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1. A fluid chamber, comprising:
- a) a top comprising a plurality of sloping surfaces forming a plurality of pointed edges where adjacent sloping surfaces intersect, the plurality of sloping surfaces forming a saw tooth-like pattern;
b) an inlet at a top of the chamber; and
c) an outlet located opposite the inlet at the top of the fluid chamber so that fluid flowing into the chamber through the inlet flows directly across the top and toward the outlet, the top being formed from the plurality of sloping surfaces along a length of the fluid chamber from the inlet to the outlet,wherein adjacent sloping surfaces define a ridge, wherein the ridges are identical to each other, and wherein each ridge has a constant cross-sectional shape.
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Abstract
A fluid chamber having an inlet and an outlet at the top of the chamber. The inlet is arrange so that fluid entering the chamber at the inlet sweeps the top of the chamber so as to direct any air bubbles naturally collecting at the top of the chamber or which may be trapped in the entering fluid stream toward the outlet.
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22 Claims
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1. A fluid chamber, comprising:
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a) a top comprising a plurality of sloping surfaces forming a plurality of pointed edges where adjacent sloping surfaces intersect, the plurality of sloping surfaces forming a saw tooth-like pattern; b) an inlet at a top of the chamber; and c) an outlet located opposite the inlet at the top of the fluid chamber so that fluid flowing into the chamber through the inlet flows directly across the top and toward the outlet, the top being formed from the plurality of sloping surfaces along a length of the fluid chamber from the inlet to the outlet, wherein adjacent sloping surfaces define a ridge, wherein the ridges are identical to each other, and wherein each ridge has a constant cross-sectional shape. - View Dependent Claims (2, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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3. A cassette, comprising:
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a) a body; b) a fluid chamber formed in the body, the fluid chamber being formed as a hollow void in the body; c) an inlet in the fluid chamber at a top of the fluid chamber, the top of the fluid chamber comprising a plurality of sloping surfaces forming a plurality of pointed edges where adjacent sloping surfaces intersect, the plurality of sloping surfaces forming a saw tooth-like pattern; d) an outlet in the fluid chamber, the outlet located opposite the inlet at the top of the fluid chamber so that fluid flowing into the chamber through the inlet flows directly across the top and toward the outlet, the top being formed from the plurality of sloping surfaces along a length of the fluid chamber from the inlet to the outlet, wherein adjacent sloping surfaces define a ridge, wherein the ridges are identical to each other, and wherein each ridge has a constant cross-sectional shape. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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7. A surgical system, comprising:
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a) a surgical console having a cassette receiving portion; b) a surgical cassette received by the console in the cassette receiving portion, the cassette having i) a body; ii) a fluid chamber formed in the body; iii) an inlet in the fluid chamber at a top of the fluid chamber, the top comprising a plurality of sloping surfaces forming a plurality of pointed edges where adjacent sloping surfaces intersect, the plurality of sloping surfaces forming a saw tooth-like pattern; and iv) an outlet in the fluid chamber, the outlet located opposite the inlet at the top of the fluid chamber so that fluid flowing into the chamber through the inlet flows directly across the top and toward the outlet, the top being formed from the plurality of sloping surfaces along a length of the fluid chamber from the inlet to the outlet, wherein adjacent sloping surfaces define a ridge, wherein the ridges are identical to each other, and wherein each ridge has a constant cross-sectional shape. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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