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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
May. 20, 1998
John I Shipp, Tullahoma, TN (US);
Apollo Camera, LLC, Tullahoma, TN (US);
Abstract
A surgical irrigation apparatus includes a disposable assembly and a reusable assembly. The disposable assembly includes an irrigation fluid pump and a handpiece having a supply passage for delivery of irrigation fluid to the surgical site. The re-usable assembly includes a motor and a power source. The power is transferred from the motor to the pump with a magnetic coupler or other suitable device. The re-usable assembly is isolated from irrigation fluid in the disposable assembly. All of the electrical components of the apparatus are contained in the re-usable assembly. There are no electrical components in the disposable assembly. A sterile disposable assembly may be assembled in the operating room with an unsterilized re-usable assembly.