Patent ID: 7632248
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A surgical irrigation system, comprising a reusable console and a disposable pump unit comprising a pump unit housing that is separate from the console and is insertable therein, said console including a transformer for producing a direct current, terminals on which a direct current from said transformer is produced, and a seat for mechanically supporting said pump unit after insertion of the pump unit into a cavity of the console, the seat shaped to substantially fit the pump unit housing and a wire operatively connected to the console, said pump unit including a pump/motor module including a pump, a motor for driving the pump, and an irrigation outlet tube that is operatively coupled to the pump to allow fluid to be transferred therethrough to a remote location, said pump unit housing containing said pump and motor, and contacts on said housing electrically connected to the motor, said housing being shaped so that when the pump unit is placed in said console seat, the pump unit is mechanically supported by the console and the console terminals are in electrical contact with the contacts on the pump unit housing connected to the motor, wherein the seat in the console includes a longitudinal passage for receiving the outlet tube and permitting the outlet tube to extend through and exit the console at a select location, the longitudinal passage being partially open along a longitudinal direction and open at a top of the console to allow lateral insertion of the outlet tube into the longitudinal passage and located so as to allow the pump unit to be inserted and slidingly travel longitudinally within the cavity until reaching a position where the console terminals are in electrical contact with the contacts on the pump unit housing.