Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – With means for cutting – scarifying – or vibrating tissue
Patent
1995-01-23
1996-11-26
Mendez, Manuel
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
With means for cutting, scarifying, or vibrating tissue
H61M 3100
Patent
active
055780008
ABSTRACT:
A laparoscopic smoke evacuation system for removing surgical smoke containing undesirable contaminants, including a trocar having a working channel adapted to provide access to an operative site and a stopcock communicating with the working channel. A source of vacuum is coupled through a fluid conduit to the stopcock to remove the smoke. Filtration is provided along the fluid conduit to remove the undesirable contaminants and the residual gas is exhausted to the room or the source of vacuum. A liquid collector can also be disposed along the fluid conduit together with valve means which is either mechanically or electrically operable to control application of suction to the trocar.
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Greff Richard J.
McLucas Bruce
Mendez Manuel
Myers Richard L.
Stackhouse, Inc.
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