Patent ID: 7967775

Claim:
An irrigation/aspiration tip, comprising: a) an open aspiration cannula, the cannula having a hub enabling attachment of the cannula to a handpiece and an open end opposite the hub; and b) a removable, elastomeric sleeve, the sleeve coaxially surrounding the cannula and having a shaft, the shaft having an end cap of reduced diameter, the end cap sealing about the open end of the cannula; wherein the sleeve is coupled to the cannula through a friction-fit between a portion of the end cap and the cannula and wherein the portion of the end cap forming the friction-fit with the cannula is between an aspiration port defined by the sleeve and an irrigation port defined by the sleeve; wherein a proximal portion of the elastomeric sleeve includes internal threads; wherein the end cap defines the aspiration port and wherein the aspiration port is axially aligned with the open end of the cannula opposite the hub; wherein the aspiration port is located at a distal tip of a rounded outer end of the end cap, the aspiration port located distal to the open end of the cannula.