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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
Ralph Stearns, Bozrah, CT (US);
Dennis Feldman, Apollo Beach, FL (US);
Raymond Y. Tang, New Haven, CT (US);
Ralph Stearns, Bozrah, CT (US);
Dennis Feldman, Apollo Beach, FL (US);
Raymond Y. Tang, New Haven, CT (US);
SurgiQuest, Inc., Milford, CT (US);
Abstract
The subject multimodal surgical gas delivery system configured to couple to one or more surgical devices providing access into a patient body cavity includes a computer-controlled control unit configured and adapted to provide at least one of the following modes of operation. A first mode of operation for providing a pressurized insufflation fluid from an insufflation gas source into a surgical device for providing and maintaining sealable access to the body cavity in a surgical device. A second mode of operation for performing smoke evacuation in a filter element from insufflation fluid caused to recycle through the multimodal system from the body cavity via a surgical device. A third mode of operation for providing insufflation fluid from the insufflation gas source into the body cavity for creating and maintaining insufflation of the body cavity.