US 11,849,993 B2
Electrosurgical device with vacuum port having multiple swivel connections
Michael J. Miller, Depew, NY (US); Timothy Hersey, Tonawanda, NY (US); Samantha Bonano, Williamsville, NY (US); and Kyrylo Shvetsov, Depew, NY (US)
Assigned to Buffalo Filter LLC, Lancaster, NY (US)
Filed by Buffalo Filter LLC, Lancaster, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/665,859.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/369,625, filed on Aug. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2018/0028255 A1, Feb. 1, 2018
Int. Cl. A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/12 (2013.01) [A61B 18/1402 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00696 (2013.01); A61B 2218/008 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for surgical procedures, the apparatus comprising:
an electrode extending from a distal end of the body adjacent to an inlet;
a body having a longitudinal axis, the body comprising a hollow passageway extending through the longitudinal axis from the inlet to a port, the port comprising a first slot located on an inner wall of the hollow passageway;
a first button disposed on the body spaced relative to the inlet, the first button operable to control a current flow to the electrode; and
a swivel portion comprising a swivel and a hose connector, the swivel comprising a first projection located at a first opening and a second slot located at a second opening, the first projection operable to interface with the first slot, wherein the swivel is rotatably moveably coupled to the port, the second slot located on an inner wall of the swivel circumscribing the second opening, the hose connector comprising a second projection and an outlet, the swivel portion having a second hollow passageway fluidly coupled to the hollow passageway extending from the port to the outlet, wherein the swivel is operable to rotate around the longitudinal axis relative to the body, and wherein the second projection is operable to interface with the second slot such that an angle between the longitudinal axis of the body and the second projection is between 0 degrees to 45 degrees,
wherein the hose connector is operable to rotate independent of the body and the swivel, and wherein the rotation of the hose connector within the second slot about an axis normal to the second opening is configured to cause an angle between a longitudinal axis of the hose connector and the longitudinal axis of the body to vary from 0 degrees to 90 degrees.