Surgery – Instruments – Electrical application
Patent
1990-10-12
1991-12-24
Smith, Ruth S.
Surgery
Instruments
Electrical application
2421076, 606 45, A61B 1732
Patent
active
050748637
ABSTRACT:
A sterile surgical cord reel mechanism, for use in electrical surgical instruments, which retracts the power cord while the instrument is not in use. The assembly comprises a lightweight housing, which can be clipped to a surgical blanket, and within the housing a freely rotating spool onto which the electrical power cord will retract. The fixed end of the power cord has an electrical connector attached to it, while the extensible end is attached to a surgical instrument. As the surgical instrument is pulled from the spool, the spool rotates against the bias of the spring. A retraction brake system switch affixed to the housing holds the power cord in place until released, whereupon the power cord rewinds onto the spool.
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Nasser Jr. Robert L.
Smith Ruth S.
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