Patent ID: 8348838

Claim:
A surgical suction instrument, comprising: a) an elongated tubular body having a smooth, closed, transparent, proximal end, a distal end, and a hollow interior; b) a central suction channel centrally disposed within said hollow interior and substantially parallel to a major axis of said body, said central suction channel having an open proximal end penetrating said smooth, closed, transparent, proximal end of said body and communicative with a space outside said smooth, closed, transparent, proximal end, and an open distal end proximate said distal end of said body; c) at least one LED assembly disposed axially around and parallel to said central suction channel proximate said proximal end thereof, each of said at least one LED assemblies comprising an LED for generating light of a respective, predetermined wavelength and projecting said generated light forward through said smooth, closed, transparent, proximal end of said body; and d) at least two side suction channels axially disposed around said central suction channel and interspersed between adjacent ones of said at least one LED assembly, each having an open, proximal end proximate said smooth, closed, transparent, proximal end of said body, each of said at least two side suction channels being communicative with a space surrounding said body and, at a respective distal end thereof, with said central suction channel.