Patent ID: 9011366
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A61B,B01D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A smoke removal apparatus comprising: a housing; inlet means for defining an inlet pathway for impure gas from a surgical cavity to said housing, wherein said inlet pathway comprises a closed central passageway, and wherein said inlet means include locking means for connecting said surgical cavity to said inlet pathway; filter means for filtering impurities from impure gas to form filtered gas; outlet means for defining an outlet pathway for said filtered gas from said housing to said surgical cavity; and a fan, for drawing impure gas from said surgical cavity, through said inlet means, and through said filter means to form said filtered gas and for driving said filtered gas through said outlet means into said surgical cavity, wherein said outlet means are adapted to a laparoscopic surgical instrument assembly; a fitting, wherein said fitting contacts said inlet means; and a hydrophilic wick extending from an inlet end of said inlet means, wherein said hydrophilic wick is inserted into said locking means of said inlet means, and wherein said friction fitting attaches to said hydrophilic wick and to said locking means so as to form a wick assembly comprising an airway between said inlet means and said hydrophilic wick of said wick assembly, and further wherein said wick assembly is held in place by friction from said contact.