Patent ID: 6969368
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A combined suction and directional irrigation apparatus for use in a surgical procedure including an irrigation tubular member having a lumen connected to a source of irrigation fluid and a suction tubular member having a lumen connected to a suction source, a discharge port on the side surface at the distal end of said irrigation tubular member for discharging irrigation fluid into the surgical site, said irrigation tubular member being removably supported to said suction tubular member, and means attached to said irrigation tubular member and said suction tubular member for positioning said discharge port to change the direction of said discharge port for delivering irrigation fluid to a different area in the surgical site with said irrigation tubular member having a sleeve affixed to said suction tubular member disposed intermediate the ends thereof, said irrigation tubular member being slidably and removably supported by said sleeve, said means including a gear-like member affixed to said sleeve and a projection member affixed to said irrigation tubular member adapted to slide out of and into one of a plurality of slots of said gear-like member and rotated to fit into anyone of said plurality of slots, whereby said projection member is removable from any of said plurality of slots by raising and lowering said tubular member.