SHEATH COUPLING MEMBER AND ASSOCIATED INSTRUMENT ASSEMBLY
    3.
    发明申请
    SHEATH COUPLING MEMBER AND ASSOCIATED INSTRUMENT ASSEMBLY 审中-公开
    SHEATH联轴器及相关仪器总成

    公开(公告)号:US20150005796A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-01

    申请号:US13931045

    申请日:2013-06-28

    IPC分类号: A61B17/32

    摘要: A coupling member for an ultrasonic instrument assembly has a tubular body with a first port at a first end and a second port at a second end opposite the first end. A lumen in the body member extends from the first end to the second end so that the first and the second port communicate with one another. The body member is made of a flexible resilient material such as silicone rubber and at least one reinforcement element is joined to the body member. The reinforcement element is configured so as to at least inhibit a collapse of the body member.

    摘要翻译: 用于超声波仪器组件的联接构件具有管状体,其具有在第一端处的第一端口和在与第一端相对的第二端处的第二端口。 主体部件中的内腔从第一端延伸到第二端,使得第一和第二端口彼此连通。 主体构件由诸如硅橡胶的柔性弹性材料制成,并且至少一个加强元件连接到主体构件。 增强元件构造成至少抑制主体构件的塌陷。

    METHOD FOR REDUCING BIOFILM FORMATION

    公开(公告)号:US20210228225A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-29

    申请号:US17228901

    申请日:2021-04-13

    IPC分类号: A61B17/22

    摘要: A two phase method for reducing the formation of biofilm includes an evacuation of ambient air from a region about the surgical or treatment site, to extract airborne or aerosolized bacteria ejected from the site by the treatment. The extracted bacteria are prevented from settling back onto the cleansed tissue surface, thus at least reducing colonial bacteriological growth and concomitantly exuded biofilm material. A second phase involves the attachment of one or more ultrasonic transducers to the patient over or near a surgical treatment site after the surgery is terminated. Each applied ultrasonic transducer is used to vibrate the patient's tissues at the treatment site to disrupt biofilm formation.

    METHOD FOR REDUCING OR REMOVING BIOFILM
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180250031A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-06

    申请号:US15450818

    申请日:2017-03-06

    IPC分类号: A61B17/32 A61M1/00

    摘要: A method for reducing or removing biofilm on a target tissue or prosthesis surface includes providing a coupling space or antechamber between the operative tip or end of an ultrasonic probe and a target treatment surface, the space or antechamber being fillable with a liquid irrigant to transmit ultrasonic vibration and facilitate extraction of biofilm fragments including potentially pathogenic particles. A second phase of treatment in the case of organic tissue involves the attachment of one or more ultrasonic transducers to a patient over or near a surgical treatment site after surgery is terminated. Each applied ultrasonic transducer is used to vibrate the patient's tissues at the treatment site to disrupt biofilm formation.