Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Insufflation system
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Application No.: US15455601Application Date: 2017-03-10
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Publication No.: US10166348B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Patrick Joseph Power , Conor Paul Duffy
- Applicant: Aerosurgical Limited
- Applicant Address: IE Dangan, Galway
- Assignee: Aerosurgical Limited
- Current Assignee: Aerosurgical Limited
- Current Assignee Address: IE Dangan, Galway
- Agency: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC
- Main IPC: A61M13/00
- IPC: A61M13/00 ; A61M11/00 ; A61B17/34 ; B05B17/06 ; B05B17/00

Abstract:
An aerosol generator is positioned adjacent to a patient as an attachment to a trocar. The trocar has an entry port for insufflation gas. Aerosol generated by a vibrating element is entrained in the insufflation gas and the mixture is delivered through the trocar. The aerosol may contain a medicament. The trocar may be a conventional trocar. Such trocars are typically used for a camera. The delivery of the aerosolized medicament can occur at the start of the procedure and be delivered in bolus. At the start of the procedure, the peritoneum is being inflated by means of the flow of insufflator gas. This gas flow will help to entrain the aerosolized medicament to the pneumoperitoneum regions. The surgeon can temporarily remove the camera from the trocar port to facilitate insertion and positioning of the aerosolizing unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170224938A1 INSUFFLATION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-08-10
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