Abstract:
A powered surgical tool system including a tool unit (124} and a battery and control module (128). The battery and control module includes: cells (38) for supplying a charging current; sensors for monitoring a switch and/or the state of the tool power generating unit; and a controller (530) that, based on the signals from the sensors, selectively sources energization signals to the power generating unit (950) internal to the tool.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for collecting waste generated during a surgical procedure.SOLUTION: A manifold receiver includes: a housing 62 which has an opening shaped to receive a manifold; a conduit which extends from the opening of the housing to the inside of a canister so that suction to be performed to the canister is performed to the opening of the housing; and a valve 132 attached to the housing to adjust a fluid stream passing through the conduit, which valve has a driver for controlling the opening/closing state of the valve. The driver is attached to the housing to rotate around a shaft extending in a longitudinal direction through the opening of the housing, is shaped to engage with a drive featured part which is integrated with the manifold sitting in the opening of the housing, and opens/closes the valve selectively when the manifold rotates in the opening of the housing to rotate the driver of the valve.
Abstract:
A removable manifold for a medical/surgical waste collection system. The manifold is dimensioned to be mounted to a receiver integral with the system. The manifold includes a driver for engaging a complementary valve internal to the receiver. The valve regulates flow between the receiver and the down line components of the waste collection system. The valve is normally closed. When the manifold is fitted to the receiver the driver engages the valve so as move the valve to the open position. This allows fluid flow from the manifold and receiver to the downstream components of the system.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inlet manifold for a waste collection system capable of reducing the possibility to be exposed to a medical waste.SOLUTION: The manifold comprises: a housing having a void space, wherein the housing is dimensioned to fit in the waste collection unit receiver; at least one fitting attached to the housing that extends away from the housing; a valve unit 248 disposed in the void space of the housing; a through hole consistent with the through hole of the housing; a hub having at least a rib extending outwardly from each face and surrounding the through hole; a valve unit with a valve member pivotally fixed to the hub and positioned to cover the suction port; a head piece disposed to a second surface of the hub of the valve unit; and an outlet opening 170 in the housing that allows fluid from the void space of the housing into the waste collection unit.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manifold for a waste collection system that minimizes the discharge of uncontained liquid and toxic gas when removing and exchanging the manifold.SOLUTION: The manifold includes a housing and a drip stop. The housing includes: a fitting for receiving a suction line into a void space; a base 168 arranged on the opposite side of the fitting and having an outer surface; an outlet opening 170 that is smaller than the base receiving the fitting integral with a receiver; and a lip 172 that extends outward from the base and extends radially away to the outlet opening. The drip stop 174 is fitted in the outlet opening. The drip stop includes: a base outer part that is adjacent to the outer surface of the base and seats in a space defined by the lip; a base inner part that is positioned on the base outer part and extends radially away to the outlet opening, where the fitting of the receiver passes and penetrates the base; and a valve that is positioned above the base inner part and selectively blocks a fluid flow out of the housing outlet opening.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manifold for a waste collection system that minimizes the discharge of uncontained liquid and toxic gas when removing and exchanging the manifold.SOLUTION: The manifold includes a housing and a drip stop. The housing includes: a fitting for receiving a suction line into a void space; a base 168 arranged on the opposite side of the fitting and having an outer surface; an outlet opening 170 that is smaller than the base receiving the fitting integral with a receiver; and a lip 172 that extends outward to the base and extends radially away from the outlet opening. The drip stop 174 is fitted in the outlet opening. The drip stop includes: a base outer part that is adjacent to the outer surface of the base and seats in a space defined by the lip; a base inner part that is positioned on the base outer part and extends radially away to the outlet opening, where the fitting of the receiver passes and penetrates the base; and a valve that is positioned above the base inner part and selectively blocks a fluid flow out of the housing outlet opening.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a waste collection system that has a removable suction manifold and prevents release of uncollected waste, when the manifold is removed from the system.SOLUTION: The system includes: a housing having a cavity, fitted into a waste collection unit receiver, and including a suction port in an inner surface, a rib protruding outward from the inner surface, extending around the suction port, and a discharge port 170 where fluids flow into the waste collection unit from the suction port via the housing; a joint attached to the housing, separated from the suction port, and receiving a suction line so that the fluids are suctioned into the cavity of the housing via the suction line, the joint and the suction port; a hub disposed in the cavity and fixed to the housing to adjoin the suction port; and a valve unit 248 having a valve member fixed turnably to the hub, covering the suction port, and located to abut on the enclosing rib.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a method of opening a valve in a medical/surgical waste collection unit, the medical/surgical waste collection unit including a vacuum pump and a receiver defining a bore, the receiver including a valve disk, the valve disk including an actuating member, the receiver further including a lock ring having at least two slots, the method comprising: providing a manifold having a base at a proximal end, the base defining an opening, the opening being off center from an axis of the manifold, and the manifold further including two arcuately spaced tabs, wherein each of the tabs subtend arcs having different arcuate lengths; positioning the manifold such that the tabs of the manifold mate with the at least two slots of the lock ring so as to cause the opening of the manifold to be, upon insertion into the bore, in a specific rotational alignment in the bore; and rotating the manifold within the bore to cause the valve disk to move between a first position in which the valve disk blocks fluid flow through the receiver and a second position in which the valve disk allows fluid flow through the receiver.
Abstract:
A powered surgical tool with a switch for regulating tool operation. A pair of opposed arms extend outwardly from opposed sides of the switch. The arms move between safety and run states. When the arms are in the safety state, the arms engage a static surface to prevent movement of the switch. When in the arms are in the run state the arms are spaced from the static surface so movement is allowed. The arms are connected together so that the movement of one arm results in simultaneous movement of the other arm.