Patent ID: 8784361

Claim:
An assembly comprising: an irrigation hand piece including an irrigation needle extending from a distal end of the irrigation hand piece, the irrigation needle configured to release an irrigation fluid from the assembly; an aspiration hand piece including an aspiration needle extending from a distal end of the aspiration hand piece, the aspiration needle having an axis and being configured to aspirate an aspirated fluid into the assembly; and a sleeve member, the sleeve member coupling the irrigation hand piece and the aspiration hand piece together when the assembly is in the first configuration wherein the sleeve member has an internal bore and the distal ends of the aspiration and irrigation hand pieces are configured to extend into the bore to couple the distal ends of the aspiration and irrigation hand pieces to the sleeve member; wherein the assembly has a first configuration in which the irrigation hand piece and aspiration hand piece are coupled together such that the irrigation needle is substantially parallel to the aspiration needle and the aspiration needle is located along a central axis of the irrigation and aspiration hand pieces in the first configuration and a second configuration in which the irrigation hand piece and aspiration hand piece are uncoupled such that the irrigation needle is not substantially parallel to the aspiration needle and the aspiration needle is located near a periphery of the aspiration hand piece in the second configuration.