Splash shield systems
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1. A medical system relating to medical procedures involving fluid irrigation of tissues comprising:
- a) at least one sprayer configured to produce at least one spray of fluid to bathe at least one target tissue;
b) substantially surrounding said at least one sprayer, at least one splash shield structured and arranged to limit splashing of the fluid during production of the at least one spray; and
c) at least one fluid conduit structured and arranged to conduct the fluid between at least one source of the fluid and said at least one sprayer;
d) wherein said at least one sprayer comprises at least one spray director structured and arranged to direct the at least one spray of the fluid generally orthogonally toward impingement with at least one inside surface of said at least one splash shield; and
e) wherein the fluid is delivered substantially indirectly to the at least one target tissue.
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Abstract
A medical system comprising apparatus and methods for improved irrigation and lavage in wound management. The device attaches to at least one irrigation fluid source and is configured to administer the fluid indirectly to a wound or tissue.
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1. A medical system relating to medical procedures involving fluid irrigation of tissues comprising:
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a) at least one sprayer configured to produce at least one spray of fluid to bathe at least one target tissue; b) substantially surrounding said at least one sprayer, at least one splash shield structured and arranged to limit splashing of the fluid during production of the at least one spray; and c) at least one fluid conduit structured and arranged to conduct the fluid between at least one source of the fluid and said at least one sprayer; d) wherein said at least one sprayer comprises at least one spray director structured and arranged to direct the at least one spray of the fluid generally orthogonally toward impingement with at least one inside surface of said at least one splash shield; and e) wherein the fluid is delivered substantially indirectly to the at least one target tissue. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A medical system relating to medical procedures involving irrigation of at least one eye comprising:
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a) at least one fluid conduit structured and arranged to conduct the fluid; b) in fluid communication with said at least one fluid, wherein said at least one sprayer comprise at least one spray director structured and arranged to direct the at least one spray of the fluid generally orthogonally toward impingement with at least one inside surface of said at least one splash shield, and the fluid is delivered substantially indirectly to the at least one target tissue;
conduiti) at least one sprayer configured to produce at least one spray of the fluid and ii) at least one threaded coupler structured and arranged to threadably couple said at least one sprayer with at least one bottle containing the fluid; and c) substantially surrounding said at least one sprayer, at least one splash shield structured and arranged to limit splashing of the fluid during production of the at least one spray of the fluid; d) wherein said at least one splash shield comprises at least one facial-engager configured to engage periorbital facial structures surrounding the at least one eye; e) wherein said at least one facial-engager comprises at least one shape conformer structured and arranged to conform closely to the topography of the periorbital facial structures surrounding at least one eye; and f) wherein said at least one shape conformer is configured to assist in the formation of at least one fluid-retaining seal between said at least one facial-engager and the periorbital facial structures to pool at least one administered volume of the fluid in physical contact with the at least one eye, flooding the at least one eye. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A medical system relating to ophthalmologic medical procedures involving fluid irrigation of at least one eye, said system comprising:
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a) a hollow cylindrical wall comprising an open proximal end, an open distal end, a proximal interior chamber, a distal interior chamber, and a transverse dividing wall to transversely divide said proximal interior chamber from said distal interior chamber; b) wherein said open distal end comprises a threaded coupler structured and arranged to assist threaded coupling of said hollow cylindrical wall to a threaded opening of a bottle containing the fluid; c) wherein said transverse dividing wall comprises, at least one sprayer configured to produce, within said distal interior chamber, at least one directed spray of the fluid discharged into said proximal interior chamber from the bottle containing the fluid; d) wherein said open distal end comprises at least one facial-engager configured to engage periorbital facial structures of the at least one eye; and e) wherein the at least one directed spray of the fluid by said at least one sprayer is configured to direct the at least one spray of the fluid orthogonally toward impingement with an interior surface of said hollow cylindrical wall of said distal interior chamber. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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43. A medical system relating to medical procedures involving fluid irrigation of tissues comprising:
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a) at least one sprayer configured to orthogonally produce at least one spray of fluid to bathe at least one target tissue; b) substantially surrounding said at least one sprayer, at least one splash shield structured and arranged to limit splashing of the fluid during production of the at least one spray; c) at least one releasable coupler structured and arranged to couple with at least one bottle-type container containing the fluid; and d) at least one fluid conduit structured and arranged to conduct the fluid between the at least one bottle-type container containing the fluid and said at least one sprayer; e) wherein said at least one splash shield comprises at least one anatomical engager structured and arranged to engage at least one anatomical structure surrounding the at least one target tissue during production of the at least one spray; and f) wherein said at least one anatomical engager comprises a saddle-like shape. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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