US5324254A
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Tool for laparoscopic surgery
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1993-01-13
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Granted: 1994-06-28
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Expires: 2013-01-13
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a instrument for laparoscopic surgery which permits the operating surgeon to irrigate or suction the operative area while performing electrocautery or laser hemostasis and dissection of body tissue with the same instrument. The invention also relates to a laparoscopic tool for evacuating free stones or blood clots from the operating area which are to large to be suctioned from the body cavity or to remove gallstones from a gallbladder which has been distended by stones and cannot be retrieved through an umbillical sheath.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward H. Phillips
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 04:29
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B18/00; A61B18/18; A61B18/20; A61B18/22; A61B17/00; A61B17/22; A61B18/04; A61B18/12; A61B18/14; A61B18/1482; A61M; A61M1/00; A61M1/71; A61M1/77; A61M1/774; A61M1/79; A61B2017/0046; A61B2017/00464; A61B17/34; A61B17/3417; A61B17/3421; A61B2017/3445; A61B2018/00053; A61B2018/00184; A61B2018/00196; A61B2018/2205; A61B2018/2211; A61M1/74; A61M1/741; A61M1/7413; A61M1/772; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S604/00; Y10S604/902
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
190 words
A combined laser and electrocautery tool, comprising: (a) a housing having a proximate end and a distal end, a longitudinal axis, and a side port for the passage of a laser fiber optic bundle; (b) an insulated metal tube carried by said housing and having a distal and proximate end and a longitudinal axis and an internal passageway extending axially therethrough, where said insulated metal tube extends axially in a distal direction from said distal end of said housing and said housing has a common duct communicating with said side port and said internal passageway to permit the passage of said fiber optic bundle into said internal passageway; (c) an electrocautery member extending axially from said distal end of said insulated tube and in electrical communication with said metal tube; (d) said housing further comprising an inlet port communicating with said common duct for the passage of irrigating fluid and an outlet port communicating with said common duct for the passage of evacuated fluid from a body cavity, said housing having a receptacle therein adapted for receipt of an external electric power source for electrical communication with said metal tube.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
190 words
A combined laser and electrocautery tool, comprising: (a) a housing having a proximate end and a distal end, a longitudinal axis, and a side port for the passage of a laser fiber optic bundle; (b) an insulated metal tube carried by said housing and having a distal and proximate end and a longitudinal axis and an internal passageway extending axially therethrough, where said insulated metal tube extends axially in a distal direction from said distal end of said housing and said housing has a common duct communicating with said side port and said internal passageway to permit the passage of said fiber optic bundle into said internal passageway; (c) an electrocautery member extending axially from said distal end of said insulated tube and in electrical communication with said metal tube; (d) said housing further comprising an inlet port communicating with said common duct for the passage of irrigating fluid and an outlet port communicating with said common duct for the passage of evacuated fluid from a body cavity, said housing having a receptacle therein adapted for receipt of an external electric power source for electrical communication with said metal tube.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The combined laser and electrocautery tool recited in claim 1 wherein said electrocuatery member is a hook.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The combined laser and electrocautery tool recited in claim 1 wherein said housing is insulated.
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