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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1996
Eugene B Tilton, Jr, Metairie, LA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for laparoscopic insertion and application of a liquid, gel or like medicinal material enables the laparoscopic surgeon to utilize various spray patterns to apply the desired material. In laparoscopy surgery of the abdomen (including pelvis), all instrumentation and all surgical products must be introduced through 'ports' consisting of valved, sleeved or tubes. To properly and efficiently introduce and apply liquid, gel or like medicinal material, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for dispensing the desired material with a desired pattern or spray. The instrument consists of an elongated instrument body that can receive a selected flexible delivery tube having a distal end with a nozzle. The instrument body articulates at its distal end, thereby flexing the dispensing tube. The selected nozzle of the selected dispensing tube can be flexed to dispense with a desired spray pattern to a spray head, into any position of the patient's abdominal cavity. A syringe (or a syringe with an extension tube can be used to push gel, liquid medicine or the like through the dispensing tube to the distal end thereof.