Surgical system pump and method therefor

Details Surgical system pump and method therefor Surgical system pump and method therefor

2005-05-31

2005-05-31

Dahbour, Fadi H. (Department: 3743)

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

C604S890100, C604S151000, C604S257000, C604S031000

Reexamination Certificate

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06899697

ABSTRACT:
The automatically controlled pump supplies pressurized irrigation fluid to a surgical site. The pump system includes a motor in a housing and a pump in a housing defining input and output ports. The pump has a rotatable impeller. The motor is powered by batteries. The system operates in conjunction with a downstream manual suction/irrigation control valve. In one system, an ON/OFF motor switch is controlled by fluid flow above a nominal flow by a sensor typically mounted downstream of the pump. In another, flow is detected by a negative buoyancy poppet having a “leaky” valve seat. When the poppet moves, its position is sensed and the switched motor is ON. In a remote control system, the motor is remotely controlled by a switch integrated into the manual control valve. One method automatically controls a pump by monitoring fluid flow above a system minimal flow and turning ON/OFF the motor based upon flow above the minimum.

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Chirom Surgiflex Wave XP suction irrigation probe with battery powered pump. Catalog sheet from Chiron web site, circoncorp.com, Feb. 1, 2001, 6 web pages plus two pages digital photographs.

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