Multi-utility surgical instrument

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9750488-B2
Application number	US-201615130163-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2016
Priority date	Oct 3, 2011
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

A multi-utility surgical instrument may include a nosecone, a handle, a housing sleeve, an actuation facilitating sleeve, a piston tube, a hypodermic tube, and an end plug. The hypodermic tube may be disposed within the piston tube; the piston tube may be disposed within the actuation facilitating sleeve; the actuation facilitating sleeve may be disposed within the housing sleeve; the end plug may be disposed within a portion of the housing sleeve; the housing sleeve and the end plug may be disposed within the handle; the nose cone may be fixed to a distal end of the handle; and the hypodermic tube may be fixed to the nosecone.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An instrument comprising:
a handle having a handle distal end and a handle proximal end;
a housing sleeve disposed within the handle;
an end plug disposed within the handle, the end plug having an end plug inner bore and a surgical blank housing;
a nosecone attached to the handle distal end, the nosecone having a nosecone inner bore;
an inner hypodermic tube fixed to the nosecone;
an outer hypodermic tube having an outer hypodermic tube distal end and an outer hypodermic tube proximal end wherein the outer hypodermic tube proximal end is fixed to the nosecone; and
an interface taper of the end plug configured to interface with a syringe wherein the syringe is configured to flush a fluid into the end plug inner bore and expel the fluid out from the outer hypodermic tube distal end.

2. The instrument of claim 1 further comprising:
a surgical blank disposed within the outer hypodermic tube, the nosecone inner bore, the inner hypodermic tube, and the surgical blank housing.

3. The instrument of claim 2 wherein the syringe is configured to remove biological matter from a distal end of the surgical blank.

4. The instrument of claim 3 wherein the distal end of the surgical blank comprises a forceps.

5. The instrument of claim 3 wherein the distal end of the surgical blank comprises a scissors.

6. The instrument of claim 1 further comprising:
a link;
a first link pin connecting the link to the nosecone; and
a second link pin connecting the link to the handle.

7. The instrument of claim 1 further comprising:
an actuation facilitating sleeve having an actuation facilitating sleeve distal end and an actuation facilitating sleeve proximal end.

8. The instrument of claim 7 wherein at least a portion of the actuation facilitating sleeve comprises a non-crystalline material.

9. The instrument of claim 8 wherein the non-crystalline material is glass.

10. The instrument of claim 7 wherein at least a portion of the actuation facilitating sleeve comprises a carbon allotrope.

11. The instrument of claim 10 wherein the carbon allotrope is graphite.

12. The instrument of claim 1 further comprising:
a piston tube having a piston tube distal end and a piston tube proximal end.

13. The instrument of claim 12 wherein at least a portion of the piston tube comprises a non-crystalline material.

14. The instrument of claim 13 wherein the non-crystalline material is glass.

15. The instrument of claim 12 wherein at least a portion of the piston tube comprises a carbon allotrope.

16. The instrument of claim 15 wherein the carbon allotrope is graphite.

17. The instrument of claim 1 further comprising:
an actuation facilitating sleeve disposed in the housing sleeve; and
a piston tube disposed in the actuation facilitating sleeve.

18. The instrument of claim 17 wherein at least a portion of the actuation facilitating sleeve comprises a carbon allotrope and wherein at least a portion of the piston tube comprises a non-crystalline material.

19. The instrument of claim 17 wherein at least a portion of the actuation facilitating sleeve comprises a non-crystalline material and wherein at least a portion of the piston tube comprises a carbon allotrope.

Assignees

• Katalyst Surgical Llc

Inventors

• Scheller Gregg D

Classifications

• A61M5/14

  Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor · CPC title

• A61M5/168

  Means for controlling media flow to the body or for metering media to the body, e.g. drip meters, counters {; Monitoring media flow to the body (flow control in general G05D7/00)} · CPC title

• A61B1/07

  using light-conductive means, e.g. optical fibres · CPC title

• A61B1/018

  for receiving instruments · CPC title

• A61M3/0266

  Stands, holders or storage means for irrigation devices (containers with storage means for cannula A61M3/0245) · CPC title