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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Noah Mark Minskoff, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Nathan Andrew Terry, San Franciso, CA (US);
Inventors:
Noah Mark Minskoff, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Nathan Andrew Terry, San Franciso, CA (US);
Assignee:
Integrated Surgical LLC, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/0047 (2013.01);
Abstract
A suction apparatus evacuates the surgical smoke. For example, the suction apparatus may be arranged adjacent to an electrocautery electrode, which may generate smoke during operation, for evacuating smoke from a surgical site. The suction apparatus may have a ring manifold having an inner perimeter for receiving the surgical instrument. A plurality of suction intake ports may be arranged about the outer perimeter of the ring manifold for evacuating smoke that may be generated by the surgical instrument.