Patent ID: 7785287
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A pump and vacuum free arthroscopic fluid flow device for controlling fluid flow rate and direction into and out of a joint comprising at least one fluid reservoir, a first conduit extending from said at least one fluid reservoir, wherein the first conduit has a Y-junction, a first and second line extending from the Y-junction, the first line leads from the Y-junction to an arthroscope, a pump and vacuum free fluid rate and flow direction controller, the fluid rate and flow direction controller having a first port, a second port and a third port, the second line of the first conduit extending between the Y-junction and the fluid rate and flow direction controller first port, a second conduit extending from the fluid rate and flow and direction controller second port and having a fluid port cannula attached to the second conduit, a third conduit extending from the fluid rate and flow controller second port, the third conduit connected to gravity drainage, the fluid rate and flow direction controller comprised of a slider device movable between three positions and having a first mode when the slider is placed in a first position allowing fluid flow between the first conduit and the second conduit and preventing fluid flow from the second conduit to the third conduit: a second mode when the slider is placed in a second position allowing fluid flow from the second conduit to the third conduit and preventing fluid flow from the first conduit to the second conduit or a third mode when the slider is placed in a third position preventing all fluid flow through the fluid controller.