Patent ID: 8545401
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A suction tip for a surgical instrument, comprising: a hollow housing having a top flat wall spaced apart from a bottom flat wall and including a tip chamber extending through the hollow housing between the top flat wall and the bottom flat wall, each one of the top flat wall and the bottom flat wall having a terminal end, the hollow housing including a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having a widened tip portion that is wider than the proximal end; a ledge portion of the bottom flat wall extending outwardly past the terminal end of the top flat wall; a plurality of suction ports formed in the distal end and passing into the tip chamber, at least one of the suction ports being located proximate a terminal end of the top flat wall such that the suction port is set back from a terminal end of the ledge portion; an exit port located at the proximal end for discharging flow.