US5380277A
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Tool for laparoscopic surgery
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1993-11-02
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Granted: 1995-01-10
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Expires: 2013-11-02
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 02:16
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: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
260 words
An instrument for laparoscopic surgery comprising: (a) a housing having an irrigating fluid inlet port and an irrigating fluid outlet port and an inlet vacuum port and an outlet vacuum port, said housing having an internal vacuum conduit connecting said inlet vacuum port to said outlet vacuum port to permit the passage of evacuated fluid through said internal vacuum conduit and an internal fluid conduit connecting said irrigating fluid inlet port to said irrigating fluid outlet port to permit the passage of irrigating fluid through said internal fluid conduit; (b) valve means in a normally closed position carried by said housing and responsive to external force for selectively permitting the passage of irrigating fluid through said internal fluid conduit or said evacuated fluid through said internal vacuum conduit; (c) a shaft member having a distal end and a proximate end and a longitudinal axis said proximate end of said shaft member carried by said housing where said shaft member has an axially extending channel therethrough communicating with said fluid outlet port of said housing and said inlet vacuum port of said housing, said channel having a single flow path therethrough and an opening at or adjacent said distal end of said shaft member to permit the passage of irrigating fluid into the operative region or to permit the passage of evacuated fluid into said channel; (d) an electrocautery member carried by said shaft member and extending distally from said distal end of said shaft member; and (e) electrical connecting means for electrically connecting said electrocautery member to a power source.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
260 words
An instrument for laparoscopic surgery comprising: (a) a housing having an irrigating fluid inlet port and an irrigating fluid outlet port and an inlet vacuum port and an outlet vacuum port, said housing having an internal vacuum conduit connecting said inlet vacuum port to said outlet vacuum port to permit the passage of evacuated fluid through said internal vacuum conduit and an internal fluid conduit connecting said irrigating fluid inlet port to said irrigating fluid outlet port to permit the passage of irrigating fluid through said internal fluid conduit; (b) valve means in a normally closed position carried by said housing and responsive to external force for selectively permitting the passage of irrigating fluid through said internal fluid conduit or said evacuated fluid through said internal vacuum conduit; (c) a shaft member having a distal end and a proximate end and a longitudinal axis said proximate end of said shaft member carried by said housing where said shaft member has an axially extending channel therethrough communicating with said fluid outlet port of said housing and said inlet vacuum port of said housing, said channel having a single flow path therethrough and an opening at or adjacent said distal end of said shaft member to permit the passage of irrigating fluid into the operative region or to permit the passage of evacuated fluid into said channel; (d) an electrocautery member carried by said shaft member and extending distally from said distal end of said shaft member; and (e) electrical connecting means for electrically connecting said electrocautery member to a power source.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The instrument for laparoscopic surgery recited in claim 1 wherein said shaft member has a peripheral outer surface surrounded at least in part by an insulating material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The instrument for laparoscopic surgery recited in claim 2 further comprising detachable mounting means associated with said housing and said shaft member for detachably mounting said shaft member to said housing.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
53 words
The instrument for laparoscopic surgery recited in claim 3 where said valve means comprises a pair of push valves and a bias means bearing against said push valves for biasing said push valves in a normally closed position where said bias means is responsive to said external forces for respectively opening said valves.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
69 words
The instrument for laparoscopic surgery recited in claim 4 wherein each said push valve comprises a valve stem having an annular groove located on the periphery of said valve stem such that upon alignment of said annular groove respectively with said outlet port or said inlet vacuum port said irrigating fluid or said evacuated fluid is permitted to flow through said internal fluid conduit or said internal vacuum conduit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The instrument for laparoscopic surgery recited in claim 2 wherein said housing has a distal and proximate end and a side port adjacent said distal end of said housing communicating with said internal fluid conduit.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The instrument for laparoscopic surgery recited in claim 6 further comprising in combination a laser fiber optic bundle for passage through said side port and said channel.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
The instrument for laparoscopic surgery recited in claim 1 further comprising detachable mounting means associated with said housing and said shaft member for detachably mounting said shaft member to said housing.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
53 words
The instrument for laparoscopic surgery recited in claim 8 where said valve means comprises a pair of push valves and a bias means bearing against said push valves for biasing said push valves in a normally closed position where said bias means is responsive to said external forces for respectively opening said valves.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
69 words
The instrument for laparoscopic surgery recited in claim 8 wherein each said push valve comprises a valve stem having an annular groove located on the periphery of said valve stem such that Upon alignment of said annular groove respectively with said outlet port or said inlet vacuum port said irrigating fluid or said evacuated fluid is permitted to flow through said internal fluid conduit or said internal vacuum conduit.
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