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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2007
Dale E. Slenker, Jacksonville, FL (US);
John R. Prisco, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Cecil O. Lewis, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Gerould W. Norman, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Robert K. Vaccaro, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US);
Isaac C. Perry, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Dale E. Slenker, Jacksonville, FL (US);
John R. Prisco, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Cecil O. Lewis, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Gerould W. Norman, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Robert K. Vaccaro, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US);
Isaac C. Perry, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for removal of bacterial biofilm from a target site of a human patient includes a surgical instrument having an introducer for bodily insertion and maintaining an irrigation duct and a nozzle. A distal portion of the introducer is transitionable between a plurality of bend angles relative to a proximal portion thereof. In particular, the instrument is adapted to independently maintain the distal portion at each of the plurality of bend angles relative to the proximal portion. The nozzle is maintained relative to the distal portion of the introducer and is adapted to dispense pressurized irrigant from the irrigation duct toward a layer of bacterial biofilm.