Patent ID: 8182479
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical system, comprising: a glove configured to be removably attached to a human hand, said glove comprising: a first and second surgical support system attached to the glove, wherein the first surgical support system comprises a first surgical instrument and a first conduit, wherein the second surgical support system comprises a second surgical instrument and a second conduit, and wherein the first and second conduits are coupled to a finger of the glove, with each of the first and second conduits traversing a mid-coronal plane of a finger of the glove; a first switch attached to the glove for controlling the first surgical support system, said first switch attached to the finger of the glove to which the first conduit is coupled; and a second switch attached to the glove for controlling the second surgical support system, said second switch attached to the finger of the glove to which the second conduit is coupled, and wherein the first and second switches are attached to a radial or ulnar surface of the respective finger of said glove to which they are attached and are operable by a thumb of a human hand in the glove, wherein said first surgical instrument comprises at least one suction port; said first conduit comprises at least one suction port support conduit for connecting the at least one suction port to an external suction source; wherein the first switch comprises a suction control port in an outer surface of the at least one suction port support conduit for controlling the suction intensity at the suction port; and wherein the second surgical support system comprises an electrical cautery source adapted for surgical procedures, where said second conduit comprises at least one electrical cautery support conduit extending toward the proximal end of the glove from said electrical cautery source adapted for surgical procedures; at least one irrigation port coupled to the glove and positioned proximate to a distal end of a finger of the glove; at least one irrigation port support conduit coupled to the finger of the glove to which the irrigation port is coupled and extending toward the proximal end of the glove from the at least one irrigation port; an irrigation port switch coupled to a volar, radial aspect of the finger of the glove to which the at least one irrigation port is coupled and in communication with the at least one irrigation port for controlling operation of the at least one irrigation port; at least one light source attached to the glove and positioned proximate a distal end of a finger of the glove; at least one light source control switch attached to the glove and positioned on a volar, ulnar aspect of the finger of the glove on which the light source is positioned; at least one light source conduit attached to the glove, said light source conduit extending toward a proximal end of the glove from the at least one light source, a surgical gown formed from a body adapted to fit onto a torso of a human, a first sleeve extending from the body and sized to extend from a shoulder of the human to a hand of the human, a second sleeve extending from an opposite upper corner of the body and sized to extend from a shoulder of the human to a second hand of the human; and a connection system for attaching the first and second surgical support systems and the at least one light source support conduit and the at least one irrigation port support conduit to the surgical gown, and wherein said first surgical support system, said second surgical support system, said electrical cautery support conduit, irrigation port support conduit and said light source support conduit are coupled to fingers of the glove independently selected from an index finger, a long finger and a little finger of the glove.