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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2002
Bruce D. Henniges, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Douglas L. Tyler, Sr., Paw Paw, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
An irrigator ( ) useful for surgical and medical procedures. The irrigator includes a handpiece ( ) to which a tip assembly ( ) is attached. The tip assembly includes a discharge tube ( ) through which irrigating fluid is discharged. A spray head ( ) with spaced-apart shoulders ( ) is moveably attached to the front of the discharge tube. When the spray head is in a first position, the shoulders do not interfere with the discharge of irrigation fluid. When the spray head is in a second position, the shoulders are in registration over the discharge openings; the discharged irrigation fluid is dispersed by the shoulders. A spray shield ( ) is disposed over the discharge tube. The irrigation fluid defused by the spray head shoulders strikes the spray shield which further diffuses this discharge.