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Filter interface for multimodal surgical gas delivery system

  • US 9,199,047 B2
  • Filed: 03/31/2015
  • Issued: 12/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical gas delivery device comprising:

  • a device housing supporting a computer-controlled control unit, the device housing including a filter interface having a seat for receiving a filter cartridge, the filter interface having a first blocking valve operatively associated therewith for interacting with a suction line in the device housing and a second blocking valve operatively associated therewith for interacting with a pressure line in the device housing, wherein the first and second blocking valves are open when the filter cartridge is seated in the filter interface and the first and second blocking valves are closed when there is no filter cartridge seated in the filter interface;

    wherein the device is adapted and configured to determine if the filter cartridge is seated in the filter interface prior to a surgical procedure.

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