Combined aspirator and irrigation instrument

Claim 1

A COMBINED SURGICAL ASPIRATOR AND IRRIGATION INSTRUMENT COMPRISING AN ELONGATED HANDLE PORTION HAVING A FORWARD END AND A REAR END, A SUCTION TUBE AND A WASH SOLUTION TUBE LOCATED LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH SAID HANDLE PORTION, THE FORWARD ENDS OF SAID TUBES EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM THE FORWARD END OF THE HANDLE VALVE MEANS CONTOLLING THE FLOW OF SOLUTION THROUGH SAID WASH SOLUTION TUBE, VALVE ACTUATING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID HANDLE PORTION FOR OPERATING SAID VALVE MEANS, A TIP CONNECTED TO THE FORWARD END OF SAID SUCTION TUBE FOR INSERTION INTO AN OPERATING AREA, THERE BEING RADIALLY DISPOSED SUCTION INLET PASSAGES IN SAID TIP, SAID RADIAL SUCTION INLET PASSAGES EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE PERIPHERY OF THE TIP TO THE CENTER THEREOF AND AN OUTLET APERATURE IN THE END OF THE TIP, THE FORWARD END PORTION OF THE WASH SOLUTION TUBE BEING OF SMALLER DIAMETER THAN AND LOCATED WITHIN THE SUCTION TUBE AND TERMINATING WITHIN THE TIP AT A POINT SPACED LONGITUDINALLY FROM SAID OUTLET APERTURE, AND THE FORWARD END OF SAID WASH SOLUTION TUBE BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE INNER ENDS OF SAID RADIAL SUCTION PASSAGES, WHEREBY A PORTION OF THE SOLUTION WILL BE SQUIRTED FROM SAID WASH SOLUTION TUBE THROUGH SAID OUTLET APERTURE INTO THE OPERATING AREA AND THE REMAINDER OF THE SOLUTION WILL BE DRAWN BACKWARD THROUGH THE SUCTION TUBE PREVENTING FLUID DRAWN FROM THE OPERATING AREA FROM CLOTTING WITHIN THE SUCTION TUBE.