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Thromboendarterectomy suction dissector
Assignee: PAT O DAILY AS TRUSTEE UNDER PAT O DAILY REVOCABLE TRUST DATED 10/27/1989
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Filing: 1992-12-15
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Granted: 1994-10-25
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Expires: 2012-12-15
Abstract
Abstract A suction dissector for performing coronary, systemic or pulmonary thromboendarterectomy including a unitary elongated instrument having an elongated tubular handle section and an elongated tubular probe section having a bore, the handle section having a connector at an outer end thereof for attachment to a source of vacuum, the probe section having a rounded tip and a plurality of ports in the tip for communicating with the bore.
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2026-10-23 03:57
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/32; A61B17/3205; A61B17/3207; A61B17/22; A61B17/320708; A61B2017/320044; A61B2017/320741; A61B2217/00; A61B2217/002; A61B2217/005; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S604/00; Y10S604/902
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
A set of combination suction dissectors for performing pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, said set comprising: a plurality of unitary elongated tubular instruments, each instrument having a handle section having means for connection to a source of vacuum, an elongated substantially rigid probe section having an unobstructed uniform cylindrical outer surface of from three to seven cm in length and 1.5 mm in diameter with a rounded tip of about 2 mm in diameter having a plurality of suction inlet ports and, one of said instruments having said probe section aligned coaxially of said handle section, and a plurality of said instruments each having said probe section at a different angle of about fifteen to about eighty degrees to said handle section.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
119 words
A set of combination suction dissectors for performing pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, said set comprising: a plurality of unitary elongated tubular instruments, each instrument having a handle section having means for connection to a source of vacuum, an elongated substantially rigid probe section having an unobstructed uniform cylindrical outer surface of from three to seven cm in length and 1.5 mm in diameter with a rounded tip of about 2 mm in diameter having a plurality of suction inlet ports and, one of said instruments having said probe section aligned coaxially of said handle section, and a plurality of said instruments each having said probe section at a different angle of about fifteen to about eighty degrees to said handle section.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
121 words
A set of combination suction dissectors for performing pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, said set comprising: a plurality of unitary, elongated tubular instruments, each instrument having a handle section having means for connection to a source of vacuum, an elongated substantially rigid probe section with a rounded tip having a plurality of suction inlet ports and, one of said instruments having said probe section aligned coaxially of said handle section, and a plurality of said instruments having said probe section at an angle to said handle section, wherein said plurality of said instruments having said probe section at an angle to said handle section comprises five in number and said angles are fifteen degrees, thirty degrees, forty-five degrees, sixty degrees and eighty degrees, respectively.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
121 words
A set of combination suction dissectors for performing pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, said set comprising: a plurality of unitary, elongated tubular instruments, each instrument having a handle section having means for connection to a source of vacuum, an elongated substantially rigid probe section with a rounded tip having a plurality of suction inlet ports and, one of said instruments having said probe section aligned coaxially of said handle section, and a plurality of said instruments having said probe section at an angle to said handle section, wherein said plurality of said instruments having said probe section at an angle to said handle section comprises five in number and said angles are fifteen degrees, thirty degrees, forty-five degrees, sixty degrees and eighty degrees, respectively.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
A set of combination suction dissectors for performing thromboendarerectony according to claim 2 wherein said rounded tips are spherical and two mm in diameter and has four suction inlet ports of 0.5 mm in diameter.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A set combination suction dissectors for performing thromboendarerectony according to claim 2 wherein the probe section of at least some of instruments is 5 cm in length.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A set of combination suction dissectors thromboendarerectony according to claim 2 wherein one of said probe sections is 3 cm in length.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
235 words
A method of performing thromboendarterectony, said method comprising the steps of: providing a set of combination dissector and suction instruments, each combination dissector and suction instrument comprising a unitary elongated substantially rigid structure having an elongated tubular handle section and an elongated tubular probe section having a through bore, said elongated tubular handle section having means at an outer end thereof for attachment to a source of suction, said probe section having a rounded tip and a plurality of ports in said rounded tip communicating with said bore, each combination dissector and suction instrument having said elongated tubular probe section at a different angle to said elongated tubular handle section, one of said combination dissector and suction instruments having said elongated tubular probe section aligned coaxially with said elongated tubular handle section, and a remainder of said combination dissector and suction instruments having said elongated tubular probe section at an angle to said elongated tubular handle section between about fifteen degrees and about eighty degrees, selecting a combination dissector and suction instrument from said set; connecting said outer end of said combination dissector and suction instrument source of suction; and inserting said elongated tubular probe section of said combined dissector and suction instrument into and moving it along an artery forcing plaque from walls thereof while simultaneously therewith operating said source of suction to maintain an area around said rounded tip substantially free of fluids.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
235 words
A method of performing thromboendarterectony, said method comprising the steps of: providing a set of combination dissector and suction instruments, each combination dissector and suction instrument comprising a unitary elongated substantially rigid structure having an elongated tubular handle section and an elongated tubular probe section having a through bore, said elongated tubular handle section having means at an outer end thereof for attachment to a source of suction, said probe section having a rounded tip and a plurality of ports in said rounded tip communicating with said bore, each combination dissector and suction instrument having said elongated tubular probe section at a different angle to said elongated tubular handle section, one of said combination dissector and suction instruments having said elongated tubular probe section aligned coaxially with said elongated tubular handle section, and a remainder of said combination dissector and suction instruments having said elongated tubular probe section at an angle to said elongated tubular handle section between about fifteen degrees and about eighty degrees, selecting a combination dissector and suction instrument from said set; connecting said outer end of said combination dissector and suction instrument source of suction; and inserting said elongated tubular probe section of said combined dissector and suction instrument into and moving it along an artery forcing plaque from walls thereof while simultaneously therewith operating said source of suction to maintain an area around said rounded tip substantially free of fluids.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 6 wherein said remainder comprises five in number and said angles are fifteen degrees, thirty degrees, forty-five degrees, sixty degrees and eighty degrees, respectively.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 7 wherein said rounded tip is two mm in diameter and said plurality of ports includes four vacuum ports of 0.5 mm in diameter.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method according to claim 8 wherein each elongated tubular probe section is 5 cm in length.
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