Patent ID: 8137306
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A medical/surgical lavage assembly, said assembly including: a handpiece; an electrically actuated pump disposed in said handpiece for discharging a lavage solution from said handpiece, said pump having an inlet and outlet; a supply tube that extends from said handpiece and that is connected to the pump inlet, said supply tube having at a proximal end thereof a connector for establishing a fluid connection to a container holding lavage solution; a cartridge disposed between said supply tube and the lavage solution container, said cartridge having: a connector for establishing a fluid connection to the container; a reservoir for holding a therapeutic agent; a mixing chamber for receiving from said cartridge connector the lavage solution and from said reservoir the therapeutic agent in which the lavage solution and the thereapeutic agent are mixed to form a blended solution; and an outlet downstream from said mixing chamber, said outlet configured to receive said supply tube connector so that the solution blended in the mixing chamber is supplied to the handpiece pump; and a tip assembly that extends from said handpiece, said tip assembly having a discharge tube that is connected to the pump outlet through which solution discharged by said pump is discharged to a target medical/surgical site.