Patent ID: 6626827
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
A fluid management assembly for use in an endoscopic procedure, the assembly comprising:a first line defining a passage for the flow of fluid and having a length, the first line having a first end for connection to an endoscope and an opposing second end; a second line defining a passage for the flow of fluid and having a length, the second line having a first end for connection to a drape and an opposing second end; a Y-connector having first and second legs in fluid communication with the second ends of the first and second lines, and a third line coupled at a first end to a third leg of the Y-connector, the third line having a second end for connection to a suction source, the third line having a predetermined length such that the Y-connector is positioned in close proximate relation to the suction source, the length of the third line being less than the length of each of the first and second lines.