SURGICAL IRRIGATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING SAME

摘要

Apparatus for delivering large quantities of sterile medical liquid at both a fast flow rate and a low pressure to a resectoscope used by a physician in performing prostate surgery. Each of several 2-liter bottles suspended above the patient has an outlet tube providing for simultaneous concurrent flow of liquid and air between the bottle and an air trap chamber of the apparatus. In the process of maintaining a constant supply of bubble-free liquid to the resectoscope for flushing out blood and tissue, any randomly selected bottle of the apparatus that becomes empty can be disconnected from its outlet tube and replaced with a full bottle without disrupting the liquid supply to the air trap chamber from any other bottle of the apparatus.