Devices for maintaining visibility and providing irrigation and / or suction during surgical procedures
摘要
<p>Methods and devices are provided for providing irrigation and/or suction to a surgical site and maintaining clear visibility through a lens of a scoping device during a surgical procedure. In general, the methods and devices can allow for a surgical instrument to maintain visibility during a surgical procedure using a fluid conduit coupled to the surgical instrument. A surgical device can include a sheath having at least one lumen extending therethrough configured to allow a surgical viewing instrument to be disposed therein. The sheath can also have a passageway extending therethrough configured to allow fluid to flow therethrough. The fluid conduit can be configured to be movable between positions that can allow alternative directions of fluid toward and/or away from a viewing element on the surgical instrument and fluid away from the viewing element and toward a surgical field in a body cavity.</p>
申请公布号
EP2145578(A1)
申请公布日期
2010.01.20
申请号
EP20090251789
申请日期
2009.07.14
申请人
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.
发明人
WEISENBURGH, II, WILLIAM B.;SHURTLEFF, CARL J.;POWELL, DARREL;HESS, CHRISTOPHER J.