US 12,121,242 B2
Surgical instrument system and irrigation sleeve
Patrick Eoin Cushen, Cork (IE); Fintan Tynan, Kilkenny (IE); and James G. Walen, Portage, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker European Holdings I, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/865,885.
Application 17/865,885 is a continuation of application No. 16/633,202, granted, now 11,413,051, previously published as PCT/US2018/016840, filed on Feb. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/536,733, filed on Jul. 25, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346809 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/16 (2006.01); B29C 63/00 (2006.01); B29C 63/18 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1633 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1644 (2013.01); A61B 17/1671 (2013.01); B29C 63/0069 (2013.01); B29C 63/18 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00973 (2013.01); A61B 17/1626 (2013.01); A61B 17/1628 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1651 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1653 (2013.01); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7546 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A surgical instrument system usable with an irrigation source, the surgical instrument system comprising:
an endoscope having an elongated housing extending between a proximal instrument end and a distal instrument end; and
an irrigation sleeve comprising:
a sleeve body extending between a proximal sleeve end and a distal sleeve end;
a first lumen formed in the sleeve body for receiving at least a portion of the elongated housing of the endoscope with the distal instrument end arranged adjacent to the distal sleeve end; and
a second lumen formed in the sleeve body and extending between a lumen inlet adapted for fluid communication with the irrigation source and a lumen outlet arranged to direct irrigation fluid toward the distal instrument end; and
wherein the second lumen is spaced out of fluid communication with the first lumen.