ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR ASPIRATION AND IRRIGATION

摘要

A variable orientable surgical device for irrigating and aspirating a surgical site, said device comprising: first connection means for a source of irrigation fluid; means for actuating said first connecting means; second connection means for an aspirating source for aspirating said surgical site; means for actuating said second connection means; and a single lumen cannula means communicating with said aspirating source and said fluid source through said first and second connection means at a proximal end of said cannula means, said cannula means being positionable adjacent said surgical site at a distal end thereof to selectively transport said fluid and said aspirating force to said surgical site; wherein at least one of said connection means is rotatable at least 180.degree. in a plane parallel to said cannula means to positions perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said cannula means on opposite sides of said longitudinal axis, and said other connection means is positioned at a distal end of said device and substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis of said cannula means.