Patent ID: 8211068
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A cassette intended to be inserted into an irrigation or aspiration machine used in endoscopy, said cassette comprising: a support comprising a base and a T-shaped guide, wherein the T-shaped guide includes a body protruding from the base and a head located at a distal end of the body with respect to the base, wherein the base is furnished with at least one of an irrigation inlet plug and an aspiration inlet plug, and with at least one of an irrigation outlet plug and an aspiration outlet plug, and at least one of an irrigation tube and an aspiration tube, the tube or each of the irrigation and aspiration tubes having its respective ends engaged with the inlet and outlet plugs or the respective irrigation and aspiration inlet and outlet plugs in a respectively incoming and outgoing direction of flow and extending from the base of the support to the head of the T so as to form an elbow, wherein the head of the T is shaped so as to protect the elbow of the tube or of each of the irrigation and aspiration tubes, and the body of the T is shaped as a slot for guiding the tube or each of the irrigation and aspiration tubes, wherein respective longitudinal sides of the body of the T and respective sides of the base and of the head of the T facing each other define respective recesses in a main plane of the T, wherein a first segment of the tube or a respective first segment of each of the irrigation and aspiration tubes runs is guided in the slot of the body of the T, and a second segment of the tube or a respective second segment of each of the irrigation and aspiration tubes is located in one of the recesses or in the respective recesses, so that the second segment of the tube or the respective second segment of each of the irrigation and aspiration tubes is (i) protected in directions of the body of the T, of the base and of the head of the T in the main plane of the T, and (ii) unprotected in a direction opposite the body of the T in the main plane of the T and in a direction transversal to the main plane of the T for at least one of irrigation and aspiration pumping.