Patent ID: 9205469
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A61B,B08B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A surgical instrument that absorbs fluid material on surfaces of a cannula, comprising: a handle having a first end, a second end, and a central, longitudinal axis extending between the first end and the second end of the handle; and an absorbent area at the first end of the handle, wherein the absorbent area comprises a plurality of absorbent discs and a plurality of non-absorbent spacers, wherein each of the plurality of absorbent discs has an outer diameter that is approximately equivalent to an outer diameter of each of the plurality of non-absorbent spacers, wherein each of the plurality of absorbent discs has a longitudinal thickness that is approximately equivalent to each of the plurality of non-absorbent spacers along the central, longitudinal axis of the handle, and wherein the longitudinal thickness of each of the plurality of discs and each of the plurality of non-absorbent spacers is less than the outer diameter of each of the plurality of absorbent discs and each of the plurality of non-absorbent spacers.