Patent ID: 6921385
Filing Date: 2005-07-26
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for delivery of a surgical fluid to a surgical handpiece, comprising: a container having first and second portions, said first portion made from a deformable material and having a closed end, an open end, an outer surface, and a first volume for receiving a surgical fluid for delivery to a surgical handpiece, said second portion made from a material more rigid than said deformable material and having a first end, a second end, an outer surface, an inner surface, and a second volume receiving said first portion, said first end having an outlet for delivery of said surgical fluid, said second end having an aperture for receiving a pressurized fluid between said outer surface of said first portion and said inner surface of said second portion; and an adapter having an outer wall, a first open end, a second open end, and a transverse wall coupled to said outer wall and having first and second sides, said first end of said adapter receiving said second end of said second portion, said second side of said transverse wall having an area for removably engaging a source of said pressurized fluid so that said source of said pressurized fluid is in fluid communication with said aperture, and said second side of said transverse wall having a geometry for providing a binary signal indicative of a particular kind of said surgical fluid.