Surgical instrument

Abstract

Abstract The invention relates to an instrument, especially but not exclusively for removing tissue, comprising an elongate, tubular member (10) whose one end is directly or indirectly connected to a suction pump (15) for generating a subpressure in the tubular member (10), the tubular member (10) being provided with at least one inlet (12) through which the tissue is sucked in under the action of the subpressure in the tubular member (10) so as to be conveyed to a collecting vessel. The instrument is provided with means (19, 20, 16, 17) for supplying the interior of the tubular member (10) with a pressurised liquid which is caused to pass the area of the inlet (12), while simultaneously disintegrating the sucked-in tissue, and subsequently to convey the disintegrated tissue to the collecting vessel.

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• 👤 Pål Svedman

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