Surgical fluid management system

摘要

A surgical fluid manager includes a pump releasably engageable to tubing and a user interface. The user interface is configured to enable finger-touch selection of a fluid flow rate through the tubing and configured to operate in at least one of a first mode or a second mode. In the first mode, the flow rate is controlled via direct selection of one of a plurality of selectable digital numeric values, while in the second mode the flow rate is controlled via user selection of one alphanumeric identifier within a scale of alphanumeric identifiers. Each respective alphanumeric identifier directly corresponds to just one instrument size within a scale of instrument sizes.

主权项

1. A surgical fluid manager comprising:
a positive displacement pump releasably engageable to tubing; and a graphical user interface including a selection-display mechanism including a first input portion and a second input portion, the selection-display mechanism configured to provide electronic finger-touch selection of a fluid flow rate through the tubing and through a first surgical instrument connectable to the tubing, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to convertibly operate between:
a first mode configured to directly control the flow rate via user selection through the first input portion of one of a plurality of displayable, selectable digital numeric values; anda second mode configured to directly control the flow rate via user selection, through the second input portion, of one alphanumeric size identifier within a scale of displayable alphanumeric size identifiers, wherein each respective alphanumeric size identifier directly corresponds to just one surgical instrument size within a scale of different surgical instrument sizes, and wherein the different surgical instrument sizes relate to substantially the same type of surgical instrument, including the first surgical instrument,wherein the second input portion includes a display element that displays the one selected alphanumeric size identifier without numerically displaying the selected flow rate and wherein the displayed selected alphanumeric size identifier varies within the display element upon selection of each different respective alphanumeric identifier within the scale of displayable alphanumeric size identifiers.