US5364342A
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Microsurgical cassette
Assignee: Nestle SA
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Filing: 1993-10-13
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Granted: 1994-11-15
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Expires: 2013-10-13
Abstract
Abstract A cassette for use in combination with a surgical handpiece and a control console for controlling irrigation and/or aspiration fluid flows in the handpiece having a housing with an external surface and an interface adapted to be held in operative association with the control console, an inlet coupling, a pump tube having an inlet and a discharge line in fluid communication with a waste container and a fluid flow passage in fluid communication with the inlet coupling and the pump inlet consisting of an open channel formed in the external surface and a gasket adhered to the external surface to seal the channel fluid-tight.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles E. Beuchat
- 👤 Roger Etherington
- 👤 Harold J. Walbrink
- 👤 John W. Berkman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-10 01:13
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M1/00; A61M1/71; A61M1/77; A61M1/72; A61M3/00; A61M3/02; A61M3/0201; A61F; A61F9/00; A61F9/007; A61F9/00736; A61M1/74; A61M1/741; A61M1/7411; A61M2205/00; A61M2205/12; A61M2205/123; A61M2205/125; A61M2205/128; A61M2205/60; A61M2205/6063; A61M2205/6081; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S128/00; Y10S128/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
188 words
A cassette for use in combination with a surgical handpiece and a control console for controlling irrigation or aspiration fluid flows in the handpiece, comprising: a) a housing having an external surface the housing adapted to be held in operative association with the control console; b) at least one fluid coupling integrally formed in the housing; c) a means for generating a partial vacuum through interaction with a motive force in the control console; d) at least one fluid flow passage in the housing in fluid communication with the fluid coupling and the means for generating a partial vacuum, the fluid flow passage being formed as an open channel integrally molded into the external surface of the housing and sealed fluid tight by a gasket having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the interior surface adhered to the external surface of the housing and the exterior surface of the gasket exposed to the atmosphere external to the cassette; and e) a valve face in the fluid flow passage, the valve face being integrally molded into the external surface of the housing and sealed by a resilient molding.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
188 words
A cassette for use in combination with a surgical handpiece and a control console for controlling irrigation or aspiration fluid flows in the handpiece, comprising: a) a housing having an external surface the housing adapted to be held in operative association with the control console; b) at least one fluid coupling integrally formed in the housing; c) a means for generating a partial vacuum through interaction with a motive force in the control console; d) at least one fluid flow passage in the housing in fluid communication with the fluid coupling and the means for generating a partial vacuum, the fluid flow passage being formed as an open channel integrally molded into the external surface of the housing and sealed fluid tight by a gasket having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the interior surface adhered to the external surface of the housing and the exterior surface of the gasket exposed to the atmosphere external to the cassette; and e) a valve face in the fluid flow passage, the valve face being integrally molded into the external surface of the housing and sealed by a resilient molding.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The cassette of claim 1 wherein the partial vacuum generating means is a peristaltic pump tube disposed on the interface wall and the motive force is a peristaltic pump roller head located in the control console.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The cassette of claim 1 further comprising a discharge line in fluid communication with the partial vacuum generating means on a first end and a waste container on a second end.
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